The people want : a radical exploration of the Arab Uprising / Gilbert Achcar ; translated by G.M. Goshgarian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Achcar, Gilbert, author.

Contributor:

Goshgarian, G. M., translator.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Arab Spring, 2010-.

Arab countries--Politics and government--21st century.

Arab countries.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xxv, 415 pages : illustrations (black & white) ; 21 cm

Edition:

New edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Saqi Books, 2022.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Fettered Development

The Facts 14 Poverty, Inequality, Precarity

Informal Sector and Unemployment: The Bouazizi Syndrome

Youth Underemployment

Female Underemployment

Graduate Unemployment

Fetters on Development

2. The Peculiar Modalities Of Capitalism In The Arab Region

The Problem of Investment

Public and Private Investment

A Specific Variant of the Capitalist Mode of Production

1. Rentier and Patrimonial States

2. A Politically Determined Capitalism: Nepotism and Risk

The Genesis of the Specific Regional Variant of Capitalism: An Overview

3. Regional Political Factors

The Oil Curse

From "Arab Despotic Exception" to "Democracy Promotion"

The Muslim Brothers, Washington and the Saudis

The Muslim Brothers, Washington and Qatar

Al Jazeera and the Upheaval in the Arab Mediascape

4. Actors And Parameters Of The Revolution

Overdetermination and Subjective Conditions

The Workers' Movement and Social Struggles

New Actors and New Information and Communication Technologies

States and Revolutions

5. A Provisional Balance Sheet Of The Arab Uprising

Coups d'Etat and Revolutions

Provisional Balance Sheet No. 1: Tunisia

Provisional Balance Sheet No. 2: Egypt

Provisional Balance Sheet No. 3: Yemen

Provisional Balance Sheet No. 4: Bahrain

Provisional Balance Sheet No. 5: Libya

Provisional Balance Sheet No. 6: Syria

6. CO-Opting The Uprising

Washington and the Muslim Brothers, Take Two

NATO, Libya, and Syria

The "Islamic Tsunami" and the Difference between Khomeini and Morsi

conclusion: the future of the arab uprising

The Difference between Erdogan and Ghannouchi

... And the Difference between Erdogan and Morsi

Conditions for a Genuine Solution.

Notes:

Previous edition of this translation: 2013.

Translated from the French.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Achcar, Gilbert. People want.

ISBN:

9780863564772

0863564771

OCLC:

1308485227