Bu makale Arap ayaklanmalarının Rantiye Devlet Kuramı (RDK) açısından sonuçlarını analiz

This article aims to analyze the implications of the Arab uprisings on the Rentier State Theory(RST). Initial conceptualization of rentier state was based on the impact of externally generatedoil revenues on the economic development as well as the nature of the state and state-societyrelations. Especially since 2000s the literature has been largely dominated by the study ofrelationship between rentier states and democratization. Based on the observations of the earlierliterature, most of the studies argued that there was a strong correlation between rentierism andlack of democracy. There were also few studies that challenged this argument. The Arab uprisingsshould lead to the revisiting of the arguments of the RST. In only two of the rentier states,namely Bahrain and Libya, has there been a widespread uprising. Both ended through outsideintervention, one in support of the regime, the other against it. In other rentier states, limitedprotests did not lead to uprisings. Therefore, the question is twofold: First, what do the full-scaleuprisings in two rentier states tell us? Second, what does it tell us that with the exception of thesetwo states, all other rentier states have been able to maintain stability?