The Arab Spring and the Rule of Law

Desota sees the arab spring primarily as a revolt by frustrated would be entreponers against corrupt, rent seeking regimes that preyed on their efforts to accumulate capital. If desota's approach is right then it does make a great deal of sense to explain the success of the west after the 15 hundreds. For what was at the heart of england's seventeenth century battles over parliamentary power was surely the protection of individuals from arbitrary expropriation by the crown. Though how glorious a revolution remains to be seen. It will depend on how far new constitutional arrangements in country like tenesia and egypt achieve the shift from an extractie to an inclusive state.

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