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Some scholars considered the so-called Arab SpringArab Spring—an episode of pro-democracy uprisings across countries in the Middle EastMiddle East and North Africa that unfolded in late 2010—to be the beginning of the end of the Arab Gulf monarchies. In After the Sheikhs, Christopher M. (Davidson, 2012) explained the endurance of the monarchies by the rent-based nature of their economic and political systems and their political culture: a blend of ostensibly modern political institutionsInstitutions atop essentially traditional powerPower bases rooted in inherited patriarchal authorityAuthority. Remarkably, he predicted the collapse of the monarchies in their present form and argued that the Arab SpringArab Spring would serve as a catalyst for “the coming upheaval”, attributing a particularly emancipatory force to the internet.

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  • Anna Reuß

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Some scholars considered the so-called Arab SpringArab Spring—an episode of pro-democracy uprisings across countries in the Middle EastMiddle East and North Africa that unfolded in late 2010—to be the beginning of the end of the Arab Gulf monarchies. In After the Sheikhs, Christopher M. (Davidson, 2012) explained the endurance of the monarchies by the rent-based nature of their economic and political systems and their political culture: a blend of ostensibly modern political institutionsInstitutions atop essentially traditional powerPower bases rooted in inherited patriarchal authorityAuthority. Remarkably, he predicted the collapse of the monarchies in their present form and argued that the Arab SpringArab Spring would serve as a catalyst for “the coming upheaval”, attributing a particularly emancipatory force to the internet.