Swiss Political Science Review

Edited By: Cedric Dupont and Florence Passy

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ISI Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 2010: 50/139 (Political Science)

Online ISSN: 1662-6370

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Debate on the Arab Spring

The Swiss Political Science Review has just published Round 2 of the debate on the Arab Spring, again bringing together prominent scholars, this time to discuss the consequences of the protests in the Arab world.

One year later, whither the Arab Spring? Domestic and regional challenges
Dupont & Passy

Path toward Democracy? The Role of Economic Development
Schlumberger & Matzke

Change and Continuity in Elections after the Arab Uprisings
Lust

Religion-State Relations and Democracy in Egypt and Tunisia: Models from the Democratizing Muslim World – and their Limits
Künkler

The Arab Spring and Europaralysis in the Levant and the Gulf
Hanau Santini

Here’s Looking at You: The Arab Spring and Violence in Gaza, Israel and the West Bank
Bhavnani & Donnay

Regional Organizations and the Responsibility to Protect in the Context of the Arab Spring
Hofmann & Jütersonke

Access all of the papers from Round 1, which focuses on the reasons for the protests here.

Fritz Thyssen Award

We are proud to announce that Anna Christmann from the University of Berne won the 2nd Fritz Thyssen award for her article "Damoklesschwert Volksabstimmung? Genese von Anerkennungsregeln für Religionsgemeinschaften in den Schweizer Kantonen?, published in SPSR (16:1). This prestigious prize is awarded to the best social sciences articles published in German in a given year.

This article is now FREELY available online - click here for access!