THE POLITICS OF PANDEMICS : Evolving Regime-opposition Dynamics in the MENA Region / Karim Mezran, Annalisa Perteghella.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mezran, Karim K., editor.

Perteghella, Annalisa, editor.

Series:

ISPI Publications.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Middle East.

Africa, North--Politics and government--21st century.

Africa, North.

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

Africa, North--Social conditions--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 electronic resource (109 pages)

Place of Publication:

Milan Ledizioni 2020

Milano, Italy : Ledizioni-Ledipublishing, 2021.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Covid-19 pandemic could not have come at a worse time, as many countries in the MENA region remain engulfed in vicious internal conflicts or must cope with structural socio-economic distress and popular dissent. In many respects, such a context and many of its problems resemble those that formed the backdrop for the Arab Spring in 2011. Exactly like what happens with humans, who are hit the hardest when presenting pre-existing conditions, MENA states have been impacted because of their own pre-existing conditions. In this sense, the Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare all the vulnerabilities and deficiencies of these states' structures, and has aggravated pre-existing political, social, and economic shortcomings. How has the pandemic impacted state structures? What is its effect on organized protests and spontaneous popular movements? What are the possible long-term consequences?

Notes:

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