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Francesco Cavatorta

Francesco Cavatorta

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Political Science

D-Index
29
Citations
3228
World Ranking
1296
National Ranking
47

Francesco Cavatorta publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Francesco Cavatorta sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 187 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

Francesco Cavatorta D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Francesco Cavatorta sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 29 D-Index — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

Overview

Francesco Cavatorta is affiliated with Université Laval in Canada and conducts research primarily within the social sciences. Their scholarly work spans across several subfields including sociology and political science, political science and international relations, anthropology, development, and religious studies.

Their research topics focus on areas such as Islamic studies and history, multiculturalism with related dimensions of politics, migration, and gender, political conflict and governance, Middle East politics and society, Jewish and Middle Eastern studies, Middle East and Rwanda conflicts, and African studies and geopolitics.

Cavatorta has contributed to multiple publication venues, frequently appearing in:

  • Politics and Religion
  • British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies
  • Middle East Law and Governance
  • Perspectives on Politics
  • Religions

Their recent papers include:

  • "Beyond Quietism: Party Institutionalisation, Salafism, and the Economy" (2020), published in Politics and Religion
  • "Your sons are at your service. Tunisia's missionaries of Jihad" (2020), published in British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies
  • "From Victim to Hangman? Ennahda, Salafism and the Tunisian Transition" (2021), published in Religions
  • "Political and social mobilization in the Middle East and North Africa after the 2011 uprisings" (2022), published in Globalizations
  • "Symposium-Islamism, Islamist Parties, and Economic Policy-Making in the Neo-Liberal Age" (2020), published in Politics and Religion

Cavatorta's frequent coauthors include Valeria Resta, Hendrik Kraetzschmar, Fabio Merone, Özgün E. Topak, and Merouan Mekouar, reflecting collaborative work within their fields of expertise.

In addition to journal articles, Cavatorta has published at least one book titled Rethinking Islamic Politics in Tunisia, which is expected to be released by Bloomsbury Publishing plc in 2025.

Best Publications

  • The Arab Uprisings in Theoretical Perspective: An Introduction

    Michelle Pace;Francesco Cavatorta

  • Moderation through exclusion? The journey of the Tunisian Ennahda from fundamentalist to conservative party

    Francesco Cavatorta;Fabio Merone

  • Civil Society and Democratization in the Arab World: The Dynamics of Activism

    Francesco Cavatorta;Vincent Durac

  • Civil society, Islamism and democratisation: the case of Morocco

    Francesco Cavatorta

  • Strengthening Authoritarian Rule through Democracy Promotion? Examining the Paradox of the US and EU Security Strategies: The Case of Bin Ali's Tunisia

    Vincent Durac;Francesco Cavatorta

  • The End of Authoritarian Rule and the Mythology of Tunisia under Ben Ali

    Francesco Cavatorta;Rikke Hostrup Haugbølle

  • ‘Divided they stand, divided they fail’: opposition politics in Morocco

    Francesco Cavatorta

  • Salafism in Tunisia: Challenges and Opportunities for Democratization

    Stefano M. Torelli;Fabio Merone;Francesco Cavatorta

  • Will the Real Tunisian Opposition Please Stand Up? Opposition Coordination Failures under Authoritarian Constraints

    Rikke Hostrup Haugbølle;Francesco Cavatorta

  • The EU's democratization agenda in the Mediterranean: a critical inside-out approach

    Michelle Pace;Peter Seeberg;Francesco Cavatorta

  • The convergence of governance: upgrading authoritarianism in the Arab world and downgrading democracy elsewhere?

    Francesco Cavatorta

  • Post-Islamism, ideological evolution and 'la tunisianité' of the Tunisian Islamist party al-Nahda

    Francesco Cavatorta;Fabio Merone

  • Civil Society Activism under Authoritarian Rule : A Comparative Perspective

    Francesco Cavatorta

  • The international context of Morocco's stalled democratization

    Francesco Cavatorta

  • The international dimension of the failed Algerian transition: Democracy Betrayed?

    Francesco Cavatorta

  • Democracy, Civil Liberties and the Role of Religion after the Arab Awakening: Constitutional Reforms in Tunisia and Morocco

    Emanuela Dalmasso;Francesco Cavatorta

  • Geopolitical Challenges to the Success of Democracy in North Africa: Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco

    Francesco Cavatorta

  • Liberal outcomes through undemocratic means: the reform of the Code de statut personnel in Morocco

    Francesco Cavatorta;Emanuela Dalmasso

  • The dawn of the Arab uprisings : end of an old order?

    Bassam Haddad;Rosie Bsheer;Ziad Abu-Rish;Roger Owen

  • The Middle East and North Africa

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  • Beyond elections: perceptions of democracy in four Arab countries

    Andrea Teti;Pamela Abbott;Francesco Cavatorta

  • Salafism after the Arab awakening : contending with people's power

    Francesco Cavatorta;Fabio Merone

Frequent Co-Authors

Sylvia Kritzinger
Sylvia Kritzinger University of Vienna
Robert Elgie
Robert Elgie Dublin City University

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