In light of their geographical proximity and crucial strategic importance, the European Union
(EU) has long identified cooperation with the countries of the Mediterranean region a central …

In 2005, King Abdullah II announced the National Agenda—a frame-work for reform that put
decentralization front and center in public debate. Outlining the agenda's new approach to …

Previous studies have contrasted the political party systems in the Middle East and North
Africa (MENA) with those in more democratic countries, raising three important points:(1) the …

La pandemia del covid-19 ha vuelto a situar en la palestra pública las carencias en materia
de enterramiento y servicios funerarios que tienen los y las musulmanas en España …

Bridging the literature on gender and politics, democratization, and political parties, this
article investigates the causes of parties' varying compliance with electoral quotas. Whereas …

This article investigates how and when regime transitions intensify minority discrimination
through an analysis of two types of religious persecution following the Arab uprisings. We …

Despite a recent boom in information and communication technologies (ICTs) in many
develo** countries, there is limited research on how social media is being used in political …

The EU's institutional, civic and social as well as economic norms enjoy comparably high
levels of support in Tunisia. However, there are differences with regards to how individual of …

Election violence is increasingly taking place online. However, we still do not know much
about how such attacks affect the representation of politically marginalized groups such as …

Names: Cavatorta, Francesco, editor.| Storm, Lise, editor.| Resta, Valeria, editor. Title:
Routledge handbook on political parties in the Middle East and North Africa/edited by …