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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480139303321

Titolo

Arab spring : uprisings, powers, interventions / / edited by Kjetil Fosshagen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn, , 2014

ISBN

1-78238-466-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (121 p.)

Collana

Critical Interventions: A Forum for Social Analysis ; ; Volume 14

Disciplina

909/.097492708312

Soggetti

Arab Spring, 2010-

Revolutions - Arab countries

Electronic books.

Arab countries Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Arab Spring; Contents; Introduction; Tahrir as Heterotopia; Beyond the Arab Spring; Emergency Law and Hypergovernance; The Promises and Limitations of Economic Protests in the West Bank; Stability or Democracy?; The Turkish Model for the Arab Spring; Notes on Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

The events of the Arab Spring presented a dramatic reconstitution of politics and the public sphere through their aesthetic and performative uses of public space. Mass demonstrations have become a new global political form, grounded in the localization of globalizing processes, institutions, and relationships. This volume delves beneath the seemingly chaotic nature of events to explore the structural dynamics underpinning popular resistance and their support or suppression. It moves beyond what has usually been defined as Arab Spring nations to include critical views on Bahrain, the Palesti