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Pan-Arab vs particularist

القومية العربية مقابل الخصوصية

Degree to which the actor frames its politics around pan-Arab solidarity (the Nasserist, Baathist, and contemporary anti-normalization tradition) versus country- or community-specific particularism (sectarian, ethnic, monarchic, or nation-state-first frames). One of the major regional cleavages.

Scoring rubric

How positions are calibrated on this axis. The conventions guide the scorer; anchored examples show how known MENA actors land at -10, -5, 0, +5, +10.

Score the actor on the pan-Arab vs particularist axis. Positive: actively frames politics around pan-Arab solidarity (Nasserist, Baathist, anti-normalization tradition). Negative: country- or community-specific particularism (sectarian, ethnic, monarchic, nation-state-first frames). A score of 0 marks pragmatic parties without strong pan-Arab framing. Kurdish parties are the dataset's pan-Arab floor; Baathist parties the historical ceiling.

  • -10
    Strongly particularist (ethnic/sectarian/nation-state)
    KDP, PUK, Otzma Yehudit, Religious Zionism, Likud
  • -7
    Country-first or sectarian
    Lebanese Forces, Yesh Atid, Shas
  • -3
    Moderate particularism
    Most ruling Maghreb parties
  • +0
    Pragmatic, neither tradition dominant
    Hezbollah, Hamas
  • +3
    Some pan-Arab framing
    Islah Yemen, Houthis (behavioral)
  • +7
    Strong pan-Arab tradition
    FLN Algeria, Fatah, USFP Morocco
  • +10
    Canonical Baathist / pan-Arab
    Baath Party Syria (historical)
Parties scored
66
Mean
+0.84
Median
+2.00
Std dev
4.20
Range
-9.0 → 9.8

Ranking

All parties scored on this axis, sorted from most pan-Arab to most particularist.

particularist ← → pan-Arab

-10-5+0+5+10
  1. 1 Ba'ath Party (Syria) SY
    +9.8
  2. 2 People's Movement TN
    +7.0
  3. 3 Balad IL
    +7.0
  4. 4 Tagammu Party EG
    +7.0
  5. 5 Northern Islamic Movement IL
    +6.0
  6. 6 Jordanian Communist Party JO
    +6.0
  7. 7 PFLP PS
    +6.0
  8. 8 Ta'al IL
    +5.5
  9. 9 Tunisian Workers Party TN
    +5.0
  10. 10 National Liberation Front DZ
    +5.0
  11. 11 Islamic Action Front JO
    +5.0
  12. 12 Socialist Union of Popular Forces MA
    +4.5
  13. 13 Movement of Society for Peace DZ
    +4.5
  14. 14 Hadash IL
    +4.5
  15. 15 Workers' Party DZ
    +4.0
  16. 16 Yemeni Socialist Party YE
    +4.0
  17. 17 Democratic Unionist Party SD
    +4.0
  18. 18 Istiqlal Party MA
    +4.0
  19. 19 Freedom and Justice Party EG
    +4.0
  20. 20 Progressive Socialist Party LB
    +4.0
  21. 21 Yemeni Congregation for Reform (Islah) YE
    +3.5
  22. 22 National Rally for Reform and Development (Tewassoul) MR
    +3.5
  23. 23 Islamic Salvation Front DZ
    +3.0
  24. 24 Justice and Construction Party LY
    +3.0
  25. 25 Hezbollah LB
    +3.0
  26. 26 Sudanese Communist Party SD
    +2.5
  27. 27 Democratic National Rally DZ
    +2.5
  28. 28 General People's Congress YE
    +2.5
  29. 29 New Wafd Party EG
    +2.0
  30. 30 Ennahda TN
    +2.0
  31. 31 Amal Movement LB
    +2.0
  32. 32 National Umma Party SD
    +2.0
  33. 33 Justice and Development Party MA
    +2.0
  34. 34 Union of Forces of Progress MR
    +2.0
  35. 35 Ra'am (United Arab List) IL
    +2.0
  36. 36 Reform Party JO
    +1.5
  37. 37 Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society BH
    +1.5
  38. 38 El Insaf (Equity Party) MR
    +1.0
  39. 39 Fatah PS
    +1.0
  40. 40 Egyptian Social Democratic Party EG
    +1.0
  41. 41 Sairoon Alliance IQ
    +0.0
  42. 42 Al-Menbar Islamic Society BH
    -0.5
  43. 43 Syrian National Coalition SY
    -1.0
  44. 44 Hamas PS
    -1.0
  45. 45 Ansar Allah (Houthis) YE
    -2.0
  46. 46 Nour Party EG
    -2.0
  47. 47 Islamic Asalah Society BH
    -2.0
  48. 48 National Charter Party JO
    -2.0
  49. 49 Palestinian Islamic Jihad PS
    -2.5
  50. 50 Socialist Forces Front DZ
    -3.0
  51. 51 Free Egyptians Party EG
    -3.0
  52. 52 Long Live Tunisia TN
    -3.0
  53. 53 National Forces Alliance LY
    -3.0
  54. 54 National Wisdom Movement IQ
    -3.0
  55. 55 Free Destourian Party TN
    -3.0
  56. 56 Mostaqbal Watan EG
    -3.5
  57. 57 Free Patriotic Movement LB
    -3.8
  58. 58 Authenticity and Modernity Party MA
    -4.0
  59. 59 State of Law Coalition IQ
    -4.0
  60. 60 Hayat Tahrir al-Sham SY
    -4.5
  61. 61 National Rally of Independents MA
    -5.0
  62. 62 Southern Transitional Council YE
    -7.0
  63. 63 Kataeb Party LB
    -7.0
  64. 64 Lebanese Forces LB
    -7.0
  65. 65 Kurdistan Democratic Party IQ
    -9.0
  66. 66 Patriotic Union of Kurdistan IQ
    -9.0

Score distribution

Histogram of scores across all 66 parties. Mean +0.84, median +2.00, σ 4.20. Multi-modal distributions point to genuine cleavages on this axis; unimodal narrow ones to consensus.

-9: 2 parties -7: 3 parties -5: 1 party -4: 4 parties -3: 7 parties 7 -2: 5 parties 5 -1: 2 parties +0: 2 parties +1: 3 parties +2: 9 parties 9 +3: 6 parties 6 +4: 8 parties 8 +5: 6 parties 6 +6: 4 parties +7: 3 parties +10: 1 party −10 0 +10

particularist pan-Arab

By country

Mean score per country.

  • Israel 5 parties
    +5.00
  • Sudan 3 parties
    +2.83
  • Algeria 6 parties
    +2.67
  • Jordan 4 parties
    +2.63
  • Mauritania 3 parties
    +2.17
  • Tunisia 5 parties
    +1.60
  • Syria 3 parties
    +1.42
  • Palestine 4 parties
    +0.88
  • Egypt 7 parties
    +0.79
  • Morocco 5 parties
    +0.30
  • Yemen 5 parties
    +0.20
  • Libya 2 parties
    +0.00
  • Bahrain 3 parties
    -0.33
  • Lebanon 6 parties
    -1.46
  • Iraq 5 parties
    -5.00

Cross-axis correlations

How parties' scores on this axis covary with their scores on each other axis. Pearson r runs from −1 (perfect inverse) to +1 (perfect identity); 0 means independent. Computed across all parties scored on both axes (n shown per row). Strong correlations expose which axes are really measuring the same cleavage in the data; near-zero values are the ones with the most additional explanatory power.

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