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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791312403321

Titolo

Arab spring in Egypt : revolution and beyond / / edited by Bahgat Korany, Rabab El-Mahdi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cairo ; ; New York : , : The American University in Cairo Press, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

977-416-646-9

1-61797-136-7

1-61797-355-6

1-61797-494-3

Edizione

[An AUC Forum for International Affairs edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (365 p.)

Disciplina

962.055

Soggetti

Arab Spring, 2010-

Revolutions - Egypt

Protest movements - Egypt - History - 21st century

Democratization - Egypt - History - 21st century

Egypt History Protests, 2011-

Egypt 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 refertences (pages 313-336) and index.

Nota di contenuto

9789774165368; 9789774165368; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; Appendices; Appendix 1; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Beginning in Tunisia, and spreading to as many as  seventeen Arab countries, the street protests of the 'Arab Spring' in 2011 empowered citizens and banished their fear of speaking out against governments. The Arab Spring belied Arab exceptionalism, widely assumed to be the natural state of stagnation in the Arab world amid global change and progress. The collapse in February 2011 of the regime in the region's most populous country, Egypt, led to key questions of why, how, and with what consequences did this occur?Inspired by the "contentious politics" school and Social Movement Theory,  Arab