Lost in translation : new paradigms for the Arab Spring / edited by Uzi Rabi and Abdelilah Bouasria.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rābī, ʻŪzī, editor.

Būʻasrīyah, ʻAbd al-Ilāh, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab Spring, 2010---Influence.

Arab Spring, 2010-.

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

Middle East.

Middle East--Social conditions--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Brighton, [England] ; Portland, [Oregon] ; Toronto, [Ontario] : Sussex Academic Press, 2017.

Summary:

Following the much-publicized self-immolation of Muhammad Bouazizi on 18 December 2010, a tempestuous succession of demonstrations, revolutions and civil wars swept the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. These events, collectively referred to as the “Arab Spring,” spread contagiously throughout the Middle East and the Maghreb. But instead of ushering in tidy transitions of power in autocratic regimes, the revolutions and uprisings ushered in a state of chaos, which greatly complicates the task of analysts and historians whose job it is to make sense of what has taken place. Will the Arab Spring bring much needed change that benefits the Arab peoples or will instability and turmoil keep the Middle East in a perpetual state of what some have termed the "Arab winter"?Lost in Translation: New Paradigms for the Arab Spring is a contributory work by Middle East experts. As well as political and social analysis of the events and aftermath of the Arab Spring, the work provides a complex of paradigms (ranging from complexity studies to sport) which have thus far been overlooked by scholars and commentators in their assessments of Arab Spring manifestations. The result is unprecedented insights into the myriad forces that have inhibited genuine political and social transformations in the states of the Middle East and North Africa

Contents:

Introduction / Abdelilah Bouasria and Uzi Rabi

From Yesh to Ayin: the Arab Spring between home-made and imported / Abdelilah Bouasria

Shadow economy and political stability: a blessing or a curse? / Mohammad Reza Farzanegan and Ahmed Mohamed Badreldin

Defending economic privileges: the role of militaries in the Arab Spring / Elke Grawert

When the ground shakes: the Arab Spring and its dynamics from the lens of complexity science / L. Douglas Kiel and Imane Hijal-Moghrabi

Indigene vs. alien in the Arab Spring: a view through the lens of invasion biology / Mathew K. Chew

Climate hazards, food security and the Arab uprisings / Troy Sternberg, Franco Femia and Caitlin Werrell

The illusion of democracy: electoral politics in Algeria over the course of the Arab Spring / Mohammed Redha Bougherira and Youcef Bouandel

The Arab Spring's impact on the Persian Gulf monarchies / Christopher Davidson

Middle powers and the Arab Spring: the case of Japanese policy toward Syria / Yukiko Miyagi

Virtual reality: new media, the Arab Spring and the democratic revolution / Nir Boms

A test of democracy: non-muslim minorities in Turkey / Duygu Atlas

Soccer and autocracy: the case of Egypt / James M. Dorsey

After the Arab Spring: economics and demographics / Paul Rivlin

Dreams of the Arab Spring / Deirdre Barrett and Stanley Krippner

Future scenarios for the states affected by the Arab Spring: insights from futures studies / Sohail Inayatullah.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-78284-417-1