Arab politics beyond the uprisings : experiments in an era of resurgent authoritarianism / Thanassis Cambanis & Michael Wahid Hanna, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cambanis, Thanassis, editor.

Hanna, Michael Wahid, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics and government.

Middle East--Politics and government--21st century.

Middle East.

Authoritarianism.

Middle East Region.

Power (Social sciences).

Mass media.

Arabs.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

vii, 461 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Experiments in an era of resurgent authoritarianism

Place of Publication:

New York : The Century Foundation Press, [2017]

Summary:

Political experimentation and invention survive in unlikely places years after resurgent authoritarianism interrupted the Arab revolts. Despite violent conflict and state repression, attempts to build new institutions and ideologies continue outside the confines of traditional opposition politics. In this volume, established researchers, new scholars, and active participants explore political initiatives in other realms: media, artists' collectives, rebel enclaves, neighborhood councils, fledgling citizen campaigns, and elsewhere. With rich ethnographic detail, these studies pay special attention to regional dynamics, cross-border learning, and the intellectual history of ideas central to the uprisings. They reveal an unresolved struggle between resilient authoritarian structures and alternative centers of political power. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: A Broader Approach to Arab Politics / Thanassis Cambanis Cambanis, Thanassis 1

Part I Ideas and Practice

2 Explaining Absence: The Failure of Egypt's Liberals / Michael Wahid Hanna Hanna, Michael Wahid 13

3 Reforming Justice: The Failure of Politics and Rule-of-Law Reform in Egypt and Tunisia / Nathan J. Brown Brown, Nathan J., Benjamin Helfand Helfand, Benjamin 34

4 Tunisia's Unwritten Story: The Complicated Lessons of a Peaceful Transition / Monica Marks Marks, Monica 54

5 The Arab Cold War Redux: The Foreign Policy of the Gulf Cooperation Council States since 2011 / Michael Stephens Stephens, Michael 73

Part II Civil Society

6 People Power and Its Limits: Lessons from Lebanon's And-Sectarian Reform Movement / Thanassis Cambanis Cambanis, Thanassis 105

7 Second-Class Citizenship: Lebanese Women Fight to Pass Nationality to Children and Spouses / Sima Ghaddar Ghaddar, Sima 134

8 Egypt's Human Rights Movement: Repression, Resistance, and Co-optation / Khaled Mansour Mansour, Khaled 154

9 The Ultras Ahlawy: Football, Violence, and the Quest for Justice / Karim Medhat Ennarah Ennarah, Karim Medhat 173

Part III Culture and Media

10 Culture Is the Solution: As Political Reform Stalls, Moroccan Activists Engage Citizens through Art / Ursula Lindsey Lindsey, Ursula 193

11 Speech Bubbles: Comics and Political Cartoons in Sisi's Egypt / Jonathan Guyer Guyer, Jonathan 213

12 The Politics of Egyptian Fine Art: Giving a Voice to the People / Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi Qassemi, Sultan Sooud Al 240

13 All Truth Is Worth Publishing: Mada Masr and the Fight for Free Speech in Egypt / Laura C. Dean Dean, Laura C. 269

14 Mobilizing through Online Media: Why the Internet Still Matters for Change in the Middle East / Marc Lynch Lynch, Marc 292

Part IV Governance

15 The Economics of War and Peace in Syria: Stratification and Factionalization in the Business Community / Samer Abboud Abboud, Samer 311

16 Participatory Democracy and Micropolitics in Manbij: An Unthinkable Revolution / Yasser Munif Munif, Yasser 330

17 Into the Tunnels: The Rise and Fail of Syria's Rebel Enclave in the Eastern Ghouta / Aron Lund Lund, Aron 342

18 Keeping the Lights On in Rebel Idlib: Local Governance, Services, and the Competition for Legitimacy among Islamist Armed Groups / Sam Heller Heller, Sam 374

19 New Neighborhood Power: Informal Popular Committees and Changing Local Governance in Egypt / Cilja Harders Harders, Cilja, Dina Wahba Wahba, Dina 400

20 Governance from Below: Comparing Local Experiments in Egypt and Syria after the Uprisings / Asya El-Meehy El-Meehy, Asya 420.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780870785474

0870785478

OCLC:

982088823

Publisher Number:

99972632662