Daniel P. Brown

College of Charleston, Political Science, Faculty Member

University of Oklahoma, Political Science, Adjunct

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Research Fields: Comparative Politics & International Relations of the Middle East; Levantine Politics (Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine); Authoritarian Regimes; Democratization; Nationalism, Ethnic & Identity Politics; Contentious Politics, Social Movements & Revolution; Civil Society; International Law and Norms; Human Rights
Supervisors: Charles D. Kenney, Ph.D, Samer Shehata, Ph.D, Joshua Landis, Ph.D, Ann-Marie Szymanski, Ph.D, Ana Bracic, Ph.D, and J. Paul Goode, D.Phil

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Mirjam Edel

University of Tübingen

Temple University

Coventry University

Texas A&M University

University of Jordan

GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies

Maria Blanco Palencia

University of Exeter

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How Far "Above the Fray"? Unpacking the Mechanisms of the Monarchical Advantage in the Arab Uprisings

Lucas' contentions that the institutional differences between dynastic and linchpin monarchies tr... more Lucas' contentions that the institutional differences between dynastic and linchpin monarchies translate to greater regime survival in dynastic monarchies as compared to those in linchpin monarchies. Methodology I utilize various methods to answer my research questions. In Chapters 3 and 4, I examine hypotheses H1 (prevention) and H2a (control) using narrative process-tracing and semi-structured interview data. I carried out interviews in Jordan from June to September 2016 in Amman, Madaba, and four other sites in the country. In all, this yielded interviews from over 25 people. The sample included students, NGO directors and other civil society actors, freelance researchers, journalists, lawyers, and activists, including members of the Jordanian Hirak (movement). These methods allow me to examine collective action and regime reactions as well as the "view from the ground" of protests in a monarchy. In Chapters 5 and 6, I again examine hypotheses H1 and H2a using narrative process tracing, this time comparing Tunisia and Bahrain to each other and to Jordan. In Chapter 7, I further examine H1 and H2a with an original dataset of collective action events. 3 The dataset was constructed using both the interview data gathered in Jordan as well as a variety of news sources including al-Jazeera,

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The Journal of the Middle East and Africa How far " above the fray " ? Jordan and the mechanisms of monarchical advantage in the Arab uprisings

How did the Middle Eastern and North African monarchies survive the revolutionary fervor of the A... more How did the Middle Eastern and North African monarchies survive the revolutionary fervor of the Arab Spring? Despite the similarity of slogans, tactics, and images, when regimes fell, one fact stood out: all of the monarchies survived. "Monarchical advantage" is an elegant explanation for this variation. But did monarchies avoid the mass mobilization that brought down republics or were monarchies simply more resilient in the face of mass protest? This article will present an initial examination of the micro-mechanisms of the purported monarchical advantage by examining the perspective of activists on the ground in Jordan, utilizing a framework that examines whether and how mobilization was neutralized or its content nullified in Jordan.

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How Far "Above the Fray"? Unpacking the Mechanisms of the Monarchical Advantage in the Arab Uprisings

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The Journal of the Middle East and Africa How far " above the fray " ? Jordan and the mechanisms of monarchical advantage in the Arab uprisings

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