Policy Concessions: The Missing Variable in Explaining Arab Authoritarianism

• In Event: Causes and Consequences of Distributive Politics in the Middle East

Brief Overview

Using Morocco and Egypt as case studies, the paper shows how policy concessions during critical junctures lead to authoritarian regime survival by inducing regime support from the opposition and inhibiting their cross-ideological cooperation.

Author

• Mahmoud Farag, Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin