Political Transition in Arab Countries:A Comparative Analysis of Egypt and Iran

Authors

  • Daorai Limsaihua Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University under the Royal Patronage

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61462/cujss.v46i2.1209

Keywords:

Political transition, Arab Spring, Egypt, Iran

Abstract

This article focuses on the political transition in the Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa that was triggered by people’s uprisings for democracy in 2010. To better analyze this phenomenon, the author compares the similarities and differences in two Arab countries that experienced the people’s uprisings. The comparison of the political transition in Egypt and Iran helps us to understand that similar factors can’t lead to the same establishment of democratic regimes in the Arab countries. The results indicated that similar factors that lead to the political transition in Egypt and Iran were authoritarian regime, corruption, the conflict of political elites, economic problems such as high-priced goods, high unemployment rate, high inflation rate and age demographic structure whose majority age (20-35 years old). The important difference was the role of army. More specifically, the Egyptian army always supported the protesters while the Iranian army actively backed the government.  

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Published

06-12-2022

How to Cite

Limsaihua, Daorai. 2022. “Political Transition in Arab Countries:A Comparative Analysis of Egypt and Iran”. Chulalongkorn University Journal of Social Sciences 46 (2). Bangkok, Thailand:109-30. https://doi.org/10.61462/cujss.v46i2.1209.

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