Taking to the Streets : The Transformation of Arab Activism /

Taking to the Streets critically examines the conventional wisdom that the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings happened spontaneously and were directed by tech-savvy young revolutionaries. Pairing first-hand observations from activists with the critical perspectives of scholars, the book illuminates the conc...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lust, Ellen (Editor), Khatib, Lina (Lina H.) (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Proteströrelser.
Arabiska våren 2010-
Democratization > Arab countries.
Revolutions > Arab countries.
Social movements > Arab countries.
Protest movements > Arab countries.
Arab Spring, 2010-
Social movements.
Revolutions.
Protest movements.
Politics and government
Democratization.
Democratisation > États arabes.
Revolutions > États arabes.
Mouvements sociaux > États arabes.
Printemps arabe, 2010-2011.
Arab countries > Politics and government > 21st century.
Arab countries.
États arabes > Politique et gouvernement > 21e siecle.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface / Moulay Hicham Ben Abdallah El Alaoui
  • Introduction : activism in the Arab world : Arab uprisings and beyond / Lina Khatib and Ellen Lust
  • Architecture of resistance in Tunisia / Laryssa Chomiak
  • Egypt : a decade of ruptures / Rabab El-Mahdi
  • Activism and civil war in Libya / Intissar K. Rajbani and Lihi Ben Shitrit
  • Explaining political activism in Yemen / Gamal Gasim
  • Activism in Syria : between non-violence and armed resistance / Wael Sawah and Salam Kawakibi
  • Activism in Bahrain : between sectarian and issue politics / Laurence Louer
  • Morocco's Makhzen and the haphazard activists / Ahmed Benchemsi
  • Jordan : evolving activism in a divided society / Janine Clarke and Mohammed Yaghi
  • Political activism in Kuwait : reform in fits and starts / Mary Ann Tetreault
  • No spring in Riyadh : Saudi Arabia's seemingly impossible revolution / Stephane Lacroix
  • Postscript : problems and prospects of democratization in the Arab world / Larry Diamond.

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