Author: Amaney Jamal | Journal of Democracy

Amaney Jamal is associate professor of politics at Princeton University and codirector of the Arab Barometer Survey.

October 2012, Volume 23, Issue 4

New Findings on Arabs and Democracy

The second wave of the Arab Barometer reveals strong and steady support for democracy in the Arab World but a deficit in democratic culture.

January 2008, Volume 19, Issue 1

The Democracy Barometers (Part II): Attitudes in the Arab World

Findings from the Arab Barometer say little about whether there are likely to be transitions to democracy in the Arab world in the years ahead, but they do offer evidence that citizens' attitudes and values are not the reason that authoritarianism has persisted.

Democratization and Authoritarianism in the Arab World

The uprisings that swept the Arab world beginning in 2010 toppled four entrenched rulers and seemed to create a political opening in a region long impervious to democratization.

How People View Democracy

No serious student of democracy can afford to be without this book. It offers an original and comprehensive view of what citizens around the world think as democracy's global "third wave" prepares to enter its fourth and perhaps most challenging decade.