The Arab revolutions in context : civil society and democracy in a changing Middle East / edited by Benjamin Isakhan, Fethi Mansouri and Shahram Azbarzadeh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Isakhan, Benjamin, editor.

Mansouri, Fethi, editor.

Azbarzadeh, Shahram, editor.

Series:

MUP Islamic studies series.

MUP Islamic Studies Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil society--Arab countries.

Civil society.

Democratization--Arab countries.

Democratization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (134 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria, Australia : Melbourne University Press, 2012.

Summary:

From late 2010 a series of dramatic and unprecedented events swept across the Middle East and North Africa, toppling several autocratic regimes that had held power for decades and ushering in a new climate of dissent and democratisation. The Arab Revolutions in Context seizes a unique opportunity to reflect on these seismic events, their causes and consequences, and the core issues facing the region as it moves forward. This volume is more than a collection of detailed thematic essays. It situates the Arab Revolutions within their broader contextual backgrounds—showing that a unique set of historical events, as well as local, regional and global dynamics, has converged to provide the catalyst that triggered the recent revolts-and also within a new conceptual framework. The argument here is that the Arab Revolutions pose a very specific challenge to conventional wisdom concerning democracy and democratisation in the Middle East. The Arab Revolutions in Context is the first volume of its kind to address the Arab Revolutions and the varying analyses, debates and discussions that they have stimulated.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

Contributors

Introduction

The Arab Spring and the coming fall of Orientalism's Tower of Babel

Is it the end of state feminism?

Reinventing wor(l)ds

Social media, social movements and the diffusion of ideas in the Arab Revolutions

The 2011 Bahrain uprising

Syria: Post-Assad?

When it's not time for change

Conclusion

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780522861617

052286161X

OCLC:

823725786