For this short essay, I want you to answer the question “Why there is almost no democracies in the Middle East?”, based on the attached, and literature in general. In answering the question, you should provide your own answer and not a literature review, i.e. do not summarize what is out there, but try to make sense of it…I want to read your answer to this question, based on the literature. Also, address the question directly, instead of tiptoeing around it.
You are asked to use around 1000 words, and at least four scholarly work (books, book chapters, articles) of which at least one should be from the attached documents.
Requirements: at least 1000 words
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Failure to tax citizens contributes to a lack of leadership accountability and democratization. Since Arab countries derive significant cash from petrochemical sales, they do not tax their citizens. Diamond (2010) asserts that failure to tax citizens is a democratization problem. Since citizens do not pay taxes, they fail to develop organic expectations of accountability among citizens who pay taxes (Diamond (2010). In addition, oil revenue reduces the need for government to seek the acquiescence of its citizens to taxation, and in turn, reduces public demand for representation (Diamond, 2010). Thus, the presence of state centralized oil production and minimal taxes create apathetic citizens,
