Issue indivisibility as an explanatory model for the Arab Spring
This thesis examines the Arab Awakening in four countries—Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Syria—and argues that Ron Hassner’s model of issue indivisibility (2009) rather than James Fearon’s model of the commitment problem (2004) provides the best explanation for these uprisings. In each case, the presiden...
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University of British Columbia
2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44406 |