Political change in the Middle East and North Africa : after the Arab Spring / edited by Inmaculada Szmolka.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Inmaculada Szmolka -- Analytical framework for a comparative study of change in political regimes / Inmaculada Szmolka -- The Arab Spring changes under the prism of international relations theory / Rafael Bustos -- Parties and party systems change / Lise Storm -- Elections and electoral integrity / Guadalupe Martińez-Fuentes -- Constitutional reform processes / Ewa K. Strzelecka and Mariá Angustias Parejo -- Government and power relations / Victoria Veguilla -- Good governance in MENA countries / Raquel Ojeda and Francesco Cavatorta / Civil society and social movements / Carmelo Peŕez-Beltrań and Ignacio Aĺvarez-Ossorio -- Public rights and liberties / Luis Meliań -- Media and media freedom / Javier Garciá-Mariń -- Regional order and regional powers in the Middle East and North Africa / Jordi Quero and Eduard Soler -- The political and security repercussions of the Islamic State in the MENA region / Marień Durań and Vićtor Bados -- EU and EU member states' responses to the Arab Spring / Irene Fernańdez-Molina -- The foreign policy of the United States following the Arab Spring / Juan Tovar -- Successful and failed transitions to democracy / Inmaculada Szmolka -- Political liberalisation processes / Inmaculada Szmolka and Irene Fernańdez-Molina -- Autocratisation, authoritarian progressions and fragmented states / Inmaculada Szmolka and Marień Durań.

Taking a comparative approach, this book considers the ways in which political regimes have changed since the Arab Spring. It addresses a series of questions about political change in the context of the revolutions, upheavals and protests that have taken place in North Africa and the Arab Middle East since December 2010, and looks at the various processes have been underway in the region: democratisation (Tunisia), failed democratic transitions (Egypt, Libya and Yemen), political liberalisation (Morocco) and increased authoritarianism (Bahrain, Kuwait, Syria). In other countries, in contrast to these changes, the authoritarian regimes remain intact (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Arab United Emirates).