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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787922003321

Titolo

The Arab uprisings : catalysts, dynamics, and trajectories / / edited by Fahed Al-Sumait, Nele Lenze, and Michael C. Hudson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4422-3901-8

1-4422-3902-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Disciplina

909/.097492708312

Soggetti

Arab Spring, 2010-

Protest movements - Arab countries

Democratization - Arab countries

Arab countries Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword. The Long View of the Arab Uprisings; PART I. CATALYSTS; Chapter 1. Introduction: Broadening Conversations on the Arab Uprisings: Crossing Disciplines, Approaches, and Geographies; Chapter 2. Transition to What? Reflections on the Arab Uprisings; Chapter 3. The Arab Revolts: Local, Regional, and Global Catalysts and Consequences; Chapter 4. The Political and Socioeconomic Origins of the Arab Uprisings: A Trinomial Probability Analysis; Chapter 5. Dissident Tunisia: Culture and Revolt; PART II. DYNAMICS

Chapter 6. Reassessing the Recent History of Political Islam in Light of the Arab UprisingsChapter 7. Protest Mobilization in the Age of Twitter; Chapter 8. Free? Not So Fast! The Fourth Estate Flourishes and Falters with the Arab Uprisings; Chapter 9. The Arab Uprisings in Tunisia: Parity, Elections, and the Struggle for Women's Rights; PART III. TRAJECTORIES; Chapter 10. The Arab Uprisings: Alignments and the Regional Power Balance; Chapter 11. Turkey's Ordeal of Democratic Consolidation: A Possible Model for the Arab Uprisings?

Chapter 12. Democratic Contagion versus Authoritarian Resilience: Jordan's Prospects for ChangeChapter 13. Remaking the People: The



Arab Uprisings and Democratization; Index; About the Editors and Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of essays uses the term "Arab Uprisings" as the organizing frame to address numerous socio-cultural, economic, political, experiential, and communicative aspects of the uprisings. The text is organized around three themes: origins, experiences, and trajectories. The first section addresses catalyzing factors that help explain the emergence of the uprisings from various political, economic, and socio-cultural perspectives. The second section examines the functions and responses of diverse people, institutions, and ideologies during the initial years of the uprisings. It includes