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

• Pubblicazione: Cairo ; ; New York : , : The American University in Cairo Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Edizione: An AUC Forum for International Affairs edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (365 p.)
• Disciplina: 962.055
• Soggetto topico: Arab Spring, 2010-; Revolutions - Egypt; Protest movements - Egypt - History - 21st century; Democratization - Egypt - History - 21st century
• Soggetto geografico: Egypt History Protests, 2011-; Egypt Politics and government 21st century
• Persona (resp. second.): KoranyBahgat; El-MahdiRabab
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Arab spring in Egypt
• ISBN: 977-416-646-9; 1-61797-136-7; 1-61797-355-6; 1-61797-494-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791312403321
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