After the Arab Spring – Democratic Aspirations and State Failure

Gain insights into the structural shortcomings of Arab states and societies, and the impact on the democratic awakening.

• Understand the broken societies and the aborted democratic awakening.
• Explore the Arab exception, critical reasoning, and responsibility.
• Examine the relativism, reality, and the price of inadaption in the Arab world.
• Learn about physical elections and necessary comparisons in the context of the Arab Spring.

Understand the impact of governance on the Arab world and the reasons behind missing the 'Third Wave' of democratization.

• Explore the authoritarian social contract and the absence of politics in Arab states.
• Learn about the discontent, fear, stability, institutional decay, and polarizing elections in the Arab world.
• Gain insights into the necessity of politics, power, and authority in the Arab context.
• Examine the challenges and implications of missing the 'Third Wave' of democratization in the Arab world.

Delve into the role of institutions in the Arab world and the contestation of models, including 'good governance' as a Western or an Islamic idea.

• Understand the power, authority, and the necessity of politics in Arab societies.
• Explore the miracle of politics, accountability, and effectiveness in the Arab context.
• Examine the contestation of models and the implications of 'good governance' as a Western or an Islamic ideal.
• Learn about the contingency, trajectories, and performance standards of institutions in the Arab world.

Gain insights into the economic challenges in the Arab world, including the material base of discontent and the impact on labor markets, law, and institutions.

• Understand the material base of discontent and its implications for the Arab world.
• Explore the dynamics of the labor market, insiders, and outsiders in Arab states.
• Learn about the role of law, institutions, and economic performance in the Arab context.
• Examine the implications of trade, productivity, and rent-seeking on the economic challenges in the Arab world.

Explore the human development challenges in the Arab world, including structural changes, family values, demographics, and science and education.

• Understand the structural changes and normative resistance in the context of human development in the Arab world.
• Learn about family values, conformity, critical thinking, and their impact on human development in the Arab context.
• Examine the implications of demographics and the youth bulge for human development in the Arab world.
• Gain insights into science, education, and the production, dissemination, and use of knowledge in the Arab context.

Explore the challenges and outlook for stability in the Arab world, including the persistence of foolish ideas, taking responsibility, addressing structural failures, and bracing for trouble.

• Understand the persistence of foolish ideas and their impact on the stability outlook in the Arab world.
• Learn about taking responsibility and its implications for addressing the challenges in the Arab context.
• Examine the structural failures and their implications for stability in the Arab world.
• Gain insights into bracing for trouble and the potential outlook for stability in the Arab world.