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Theorizing revolution in democracies: Evidence from the 2019 uprisings in Lebanon and Iraq

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  • Chantal Berman
  • Killian Clarke
  • Rima Majed

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Scholarly logic holds that revolutionary movements are unlikely to break out in democracies, where citizens may simply remove unpopular leaders through elections. And yet the twenty-first century has witnessed a global series of uprisings against regimes that are nominally democratic—in that they regularly hold competitive elections—but are otherwise deeply broken, run by kleptocratic networks of elites who often fail to deliver vital services.

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  • Chantal Berman & Killian Clarke & Rima Majed, 2023. "Theorizing revolution in democracies: Evidence from the 2019 uprisings in Lebanon and Iraq," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2023-51, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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