Social Movements and Democratization

You have thus far in this class learned about the potential of social movements as an avenue of democratic representation and about the state in the MENA region. I want you to try to make a link between these two issues - how might social movements work/not work in the different types of states you find across the region? In other words, what opportunities and/or challenges do you see to social movements  functioning as an avenue of democratic participation in the region? And how do you think these opportunities/challenges differ between revolutionary and non-revolutionary movements?