Non-Democratic Legitimacy during the Arab Spring

This video complements and provides supplementary material to the author's Palgrave Macmillan 2022 publication Non-Democratic Legitimacy during the Arab Spring: Defending Dictatorship. Specifically tailored for at students, scholars and a general viewership interested in the Arab Spring and the resilience of dictatorship, this video covers case studies of the Arab Spring and explains how regimes persuaded citizens to continue to accept non-democratic rule. It also discusses the nature of utilitarian legitimacy and the role of COVID-19 in affecting utilitarianism.