Union College Union | Digital Works Honors Theses Student Work 6-2013 The ndurE ance of Arab Authoritarian Regimes: A Study of Jordan and Algeria Stacey Berger Union College - Schenectady, NY Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalworks.union.edu/theses Part of the Comparative Politics Commons, Near and Middle Eastern Studies Commons, and the Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration Commons Recommended Citation Berger, Stacey, "The ndurE ance of Arab Authoritarian Regimes: A Study of Jordan and Algeria" (2013). Honors Theses. 633. https://digitalworks.union.edu/theses/633 This Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Work at Union | Digital Works. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of Union | Digital Works. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Berger 1 The Endurance of Arab Authoritarian Regimes: A Study of Jordan and Algeria By Stacey L. Berger Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Honors in the Departments of Political Science Union College June 2013 Berger 2 Introduction The endurance of Arab authoritarian regimes has been quite daunting, especially with the rise of the Arab Spring. Some Arab regimes have ruled with domination and repression since the nineteenth century. These regimes stand out globally with respect to the number of democratic countries. Even with the recent rebellions, the rise of the Arab Spring, starting in 2011, a number of Arab regimes still continue to thrive and remain in tact under authoritarian rule. This includes quite a number of Arab states that have faced uprisings during the Arab Spring, but have not implemented a new democratic system or elected a new leader, such as Syria.