Political Islamists & Democratization in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring: Trojan Horse at the Gate?

by Luciana Storelli-Castro

Democratic regimes mushroomed under the “third wave”[1] of democratization, as authoritarian regimes were increasingly abandoned for the institutionalization and consolidation of democratic procedures, processes, and structures.[2] Notably absent from this third wave, however, has been the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).  …