TY - BOOK AU - Brownlee,Jason AU - Masoud,Tarek E. AU - Reynolds,Andrew TI - The Arab Spring: pathways of repression and reform SN - 9780191755941 (ebook) : AV - JQ1850.A91 U1 - 321.809174927 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Arab Spring, 2010- KW - Democracy KW - Middle East KW - Democratization KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - This study is premised on the notion that subnational undemocratic regimes (SURs) within countries not only differ among each other but that they maintain different relations with the federal government, which is why they are reproduced differently. The book argues that alternative pathways of SUR continuity result first and foremost from the capacity (or lack thereof) of democratic presidents to wield power over SURs and autocrats UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199660063.001.0001 ER -