Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Economics and Political Science - Department of Political Science

The overall purpose of the study is to determine the factors that led to Arab monarchies{u2019} stability in Jordan and Morocco from 2011/2019. The "Arab Spring," a series of populist upheavals that began in the Arab world in 2011, managed to depose old dictatorships. This, of course, instilled anxiety among Arab authoritarian monarchs, prompting some to appease their people through giving financial resources, while others sought military support from neighboring nations to quell popular uprisings, and others implemented modest political reforms. Semi- constitutional monarchies of Jordan and Morocco, on the other hand, are the only Arab non-oil monarchies that do not have the financial means to provide for their people. How have Jordan and Morocco responded to the developments that occurred in their external environment? The study is a comparative case study based on political system approach. The major finding is that in the presence of changes in the environment of Semi-constitutional monarchies in Jordan and Morocco during Arab Spring, both monarchies sustained their stability through internal and external elements. The internal elements are religious legitimacy, economic, social and political elements and the external elements consist of regional and international support. These factors interact together, resulted in the stability of both monarchies during the Arab Spring.

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