The Process of Political Transition in Post-Arab Spring Libya
Foreign Imposed Regime Change, Tribes, Militias and Civil War
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Libya. Arab Spring. NATO/US military intervention Foreign-Imposed Regime Change (FIRC). Civil War. Militias. Tribes. Islamists.Abstract
Is it possible to export democracy by the use of force? This article deals with this question as applied to the NATO/U.S. military intervention in Libya, in 2011, during the Arab- Spring uprisings and its aftermath. We will test and refine the Foreign Imposed Regime Change (FIRC) model by using the qualitative methods of case study and process- tracing. By doing this, we will be able to identify independent variables not anticipated by the FIRC model, unveiling the actual, very complex social-political cleavages of the country that hinder democratization and conduce to civil war.
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