Houses built on sand : violence, sectarianism and revolution in the Middle East /

The events of the Arab Uprisings posed an existential challenge to sovereign power across the Middle East. Whilst some regimes were able to withstand these challenges through recourse to coercive strategies, others were toppled. This book questions why some regimes fell whilst others were able to su...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mabon, Simon (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2020.
Colección:Identities and geopolitics in the Middle East.
Temas:
Since 1979
Political violence > Middle East.
Arab Spring, 2010-
Power (Social sciences) > Middle East.
Printemps arabe, 2010-2011.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern.
Political violence
Politics and government
Power (Social sciences)
Middle East > Politics and government > 1979-
Moyen-Orient > Politique et gouvernement > 1979-
Middle East
Political Science
World
Middle Eastern
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. The politics of sovereignty and space
  • 2. Letters and declarations
  • 3. Ink on paper
  • 4. The dawla and the umma
  • 5. Building Beirut, transforming Jerusalem and breaking Basra
  • 6. The people want the fall of the regime
  • 7. The regime fights back
  • 8. Houses built on sand
  • Conclusion: the end of the dream
  • Selected bibliography
  • Index.

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