Why are there variances in young people’s civic and political participation in the aftermath of the Arab Uprisings, and what are the implications of these types of participatory modes on authoritarian rule in the region? Based on quantitative and qualitative fieldwork from five countries in the Middle East – Egypt, Palestine, Morocco, Tunisia and Lebanon – this paper demonstrates that young people in the region are increasingly drawn to independent and unconventional forms of participation to varying degrees, depending on each country’s authoritarian structure and institutional arrangements. Though the rise of unconventional participation is a manifestation of the presence of a vibrant Arab street, these participatory modes lead to civil society’s weakness and fragmentation. This adds to the volatility of new civic and political actors and provides the regimes with more authoritarian strategies for resilience.

在阿拉伯起义之后，青年人的公民和政治参与为何存在差异，这些类型的参与模式对该地区的威权统治有何影响？基于来自中东五个国家（埃及，巴勒斯坦，摩洛哥，突尼斯和黎巴嫩）的定量和定性实地调查，本文表明，该地区的年轻人越来越多地受到独立和非常规参与形式的吸引，具体取决于每个国家国家的威权结构和体制安排。尽管非常规参与的兴起表明了一条充满活力的阿拉伯街道的存在，但这些参与方式导致了公民社会的软弱和分裂。