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Authoritarian rule in the Arab world has been seriously undermined by the mass protests that
swept across the region during the 2011 Arab spring. While the force of this seems to have
primarily weakened Arab republics, the reason why monarchies seemed less affected is the focus
of this article. Using Morocco as a case study, this article argues that the protesters’ demands
were compatible with the image of the Moroccan monarch as a liberal reformer. Consequently,
the King could absorb the energy of the protests and the Arab spring and pursue a reformist course
that undermined the protesters’ democratization demands and strengthened his own position.
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