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The Arab revolts : dispatches on militant democracy in the Middle East / edited by David McMurray and Amanda Ufheil-Somers.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa.
- Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Government, Resistance to--Arab countries.
- Government, Resistance to.
- Government, Resistance to--Middle East.
- Democratization--Arab countries.
- Democratization.
- Democratization--Middle East.
- Revolutions--Arab countries.
- Revolutions.
- Revolutions--Middle East.
- International relations--Arab countries.
- International relations.
- International relations--Middle East.
- Islam and politics--Arab countries.
- Islam and politics.
- Islam and politics--Middle East.
- Arab countries--Politics and government.
- Arab countries.
- Arab countries--Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "These essays from Middle East report ... cover events in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Syria, and Bahrain. Written for a broad audience of students, policymakers, media analysts, and general readers, the collection reveals the underlying causes of the revolts by identifying key trends during the last two decades leading up to the recent insurrections." -- From p. 4 of cover.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. Tunisia; 1. Tunisia's Wall Has Fallen; 2. Tunisia's Post-Ben Ali Challenge: A Primer; 3. Authoritarianism and Civil Society in Tunisia; 4. Structural Adjustment and Rural Poverty in Tunisia; 5. The Making of North Africa's Intifada; 6. Beyond Ghannouchi: Islamism and Social Change in Tunisia; II. Egypt; 7. The Praxis of the Egyptian Revolution; 8. Worlds Apart: An Egyptian Village and the International Tourism Industry; 9. Strikes in Egypt Spread from Center of Gravity; 10. Striking Back at Egyptian Workers
- 11. Sightings of the Egyptian Deep State 12. Egypt's Generals and Transnational Capital; III. Yemen; 13. No Exit: Yemen's Existential Crisis; 14. The Economic Dimension of Yemeni Unity; 15. Tracing the Cracks in the Yemeni System; 16. The Snake with a Thousand Heads: The Southern Cause in Yemen; 17. Tawakkul Karman as Cause and Effect; IV. Syria; 18. Asad's Lost Chances; 19. Behind the Resilience of the Syrian Regime; 20 The Evolution of Kurdish Politics in Syria; 21. Dramas of the Authoritarian State; 22. Beyond the Fall of the Syrian Regime; V. Bahrain; 23. A Revolution Paused in Bahrain
- 24. Bahrain's Crisis Worsens 25. The Battle Over Family Law in Bahrain; 26. Bahrain's Sunni Awakening; 27. In the Kingdom of Tear Gas; Contributors; Index;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-253-00978-2
- 1-299-15979-6
- OCLC:
- 829713210
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