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Public Opinion and The Army: The Cases of Algeria and Sudan

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Oct, 2019

​This article investigates the opinions of Sudanese and Algerian respondents on democracy as a model of government in their countries. It focuses on a group of questions: How much do Algerian and Sudanese citizens trust the army? Do citizens agree that ‘democratic regimes are not good at preserving public order?’ And what do they think of democracy as an overall system of governance?

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Dana El Kurd

Dana El Kurd

Researcher at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies. She holds a Ph.D. in Government and Political Science from the University of Texas at Austin with a focus on Comparative Politics and International Relations. She has written periodically for publications such as The New Arab, the Washington Post's Monkee Cage blog and Foreign Affairs magazine. Her work has been published in Middle East Law and Governance, Journal of Arabian Studies, Paramters and Siyasat Arabiya. 


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​This article investigates the opinions of Sudanese and Algerian respondents on democracy as a model of government in their countries. It focuses on a group of questions: How much do Algerian and Sudanese citizens trust the army? Do citizens agree that ‘democratic regimes are not good at preserving public order?’ And what do they think of democracy as an overall system of governance?

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