This map creates arbitrary distinctions. All Arab repressive government create facade of democracy but without any of the contents of democracy: that is true in Jordan or in Saudi Arabia, where there is a shura council (ineffective, unelected, powerless) with more women members than in the ineffective, "elected"--by royal gerrymandering--and powerless parliament.Saturday, July 05, 2014
Map of democreacy in the Arab world
This map creates arbitrary distinctions. All Arab repressive government create facade of democracy but without any of the contents of democracy: that is true in Jordan or in Saudi Arabia, where there is a shura council (ineffective, unelected, powerless) with more women members than in the ineffective, "elected"--by royal gerrymandering--and powerless parliament.
