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The Arab Spring was a victory for democracy. Discuss.

Some references:
Brumberg, Daniel (2014) ‘Theories of Transition,’ in Marc Lynch (ed.) The Arab Uprisings Explained: New Contentious Politics in the Middle East. New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 29-54.
Lust, Ellen (2014) ‘Elections,’ in Marc Lynch (ed.) The Arab Uprisings Explained: New Contentious Politics in the Middle East. New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 218-45.
Lynch, Marc (2014) ‘Introduction,’ in Marc Lynch (ed.) The Arab Uprisings Explained: New Contentious Politics in the Middle East. New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 1-28.
Suggested readings:
O’Donnell, Guillermo and Philippe Schmitter (1986) Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain Democracies. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 37-56.
Schedler, Andreas (2013) The Politics of Uncertainty. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 21-111.
Additional suggested readings:
Brumberg, Daniel (2002) ‘The Trap of Liberalized Autocracy,’ Journal of Democracy 13(4), pp. 56-68.
Levitsky, Steven, and Lucan Way (2002) ‘The Rise of Competitive Authoritarianism,’ Journal of Democracy 13(2), pp. 51-65.
Posusney, Martha Pripstein (2005) ‘Multi-party Elections in the Arab World: Election Rules and Opposition Responses,’ in Martha Pripstein Posusney and Michele Penner Angrist, Authoritarianism in
the Middle East.