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Inequality of Opportunities and the Arab spring

Inequality of Opportunities and the Arab spring. Melani Cammett Political Science Brown University. “Bread, Freedom, and Social Justice!”. Oil rents and mass uprisings. I ncreasing state repression. Repression and Freedom Indices, Average of All Arab Countries

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Inequality of Opportunities and the Arab spring

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  1. Inequality of Opportunities and the Arab spring Melani Cammett Political Science Brown University

  2. “Bread, Freedom, and Social Justice!”

  3. Oil rents and mass uprisings

  4. Increasing state repression Repression and Freedom Indices, Average of All Arab Countries Source: Cingranelli-Richards (CIRI) Human Rights Dataset, various years.

  5. Post-Independence Human Development Achievements in the MENA: Infant Mortality

  6. The Rollback of the State Government Spending and Private Investment as a Percentage of GDP (Developing Arab Countries)

  7. The Decline of the MENA State in Cross-Regional Perspective General Government Final Consumption as a Percentage of GDP, Various Global Regions in Selected Years

  8. MENA Fuel Subsidies in Cross-Regional Comparative Perspective

  9. Public Health Spending/GDP(Selected MENA countries)

  10. Public spending on health/total govt. revenues(Selected MENA countries)

  11. Educational Performance(Selected countries) (Source: TIMSS, 8th Grade Level, 2007)

  12. 2011 TIMSS Results (Math, 8th grade)

  13. Insecurity & Risk Exposure in MENA Health Systems Example: Out-of-Pocket Spending on Health/Total Spending on Health, selected countries and regions (1995-2010) Source: World Development Indicators, various years

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