Do Islamic Orientations Influence Attitudes toward Democracy in the Arab World? Evidence from Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Algeria
Author(s)
Tessler, Mark
Abstract
During the last two decades, democratic currents have swept across the developing and post-communist world. While democratic regimes were in the minority just a few years ago, electoral democracy is the predominant form of government among today’s nation-states and guides the lives of more than half of the world’s population. The Arab world, however, has been largely unaffected by this political revolution, which Huntington has called the “Third Wave” of democratization. According to Freedom House, not a single Arab country qualifies as an electoral democracy.
