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The Middle East and North Africa's Resilient Monarchs

Victor Menaldo · The Journal of Politics 74(3), 707–722 · 2012

Type: Article
Author: Victor Menaldo
Identifier: DOI 10.1017/S0022381612000436

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DisputedWhy no Arab monarchy fell to revolution in 2011 is disputed: Menaldo attributes monarchic stability to a political culture that helps rulers make credible commitments, while Yom and Gause attribute it to cross-cutting coalitions, hydrocarbon wealth and foreign patronage, without which monarchies are as vulnerable as other autocracies.