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The Arab uprisings : what everyone needs to know /

Beginning in December 2010 popular revolt swept through the Middle East, shocking the world and ushering in a period of unprecedented unrest. Protestors took to the streets to demand greater freedom, democracy, human rights, social justice, and regime change. What caused these uprisings? What is the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gelvin, James L., 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Colección:What everyone needs to know.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 A Revolutionary Wave?; What is the Arab world?; How homogeneous is the Arab world?; Why do Arabs identify with one another?; What was political life in the Arab world like on the eve of the uprisings?; Why have authoritarian governments been so common in the Arab world?; What was the state of the economy in the Arab world on the eve of the uprisings?; What benefits did Arab regimes originally promise their populations?; Why and how did Arab regimes renege on the promises they had made to their populations?