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The Arab revolts [[electronic resource] ] : dispatches on militant democracy in the Middle East / / edited by David McMurray and Amanda Ufheil-Somers



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Titolo: The Arab revolts [[electronic resource] ] : dispatches on militant democracy in the Middle East / / edited by David McMurray and Amanda Ufheil-Somers Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Bloomington, Ind., : Indiana University Press, 2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
Disciplina: 320.917
956.054
Soggetto topico: Government, Resistance to - Arab countries
Government, Resistance to - Middle East
Democratization - Arab countries
Democratization - Middle East
Revolutions - Arab countries
Revolutions - Middle East
International relations - Arab countries
International relations - Middle East
Islam and politics - Arab countries
Islam and politics - Middle East
Soggetto geografico: Arab countries Politics and government
Arab countries Economic conditions
Altri autori: McMurrayDavid  
Ufheil-SomersAmanda  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. Tunisia; 1. Tunisia's Wall Has Fallen; 2. Tunisia's Post-Ben Ali Challenge: A Primer; 3. Authoritarianism and Civil Society in Tunisia; 4. Structural Adjustment and Rural Poverty in Tunisia; 5. The Making of North Africa's Intifada; 6. Beyond Ghannouchi: Islamism and Social Change in Tunisia; II. Egypt; 7. The Praxis of the Egyptian Revolution; 8. Worlds Apart: An Egyptian Village and the International Tourism Industry; 9. Strikes in Egypt Spread from Center of Gravity; 10. Striking Back at Egyptian Workers
11. Sightings of the Egyptian Deep State 12. Egypt's Generals and Transnational Capital; III. Yemen; 13. No Exit: Yemen's Existential Crisis; 14. The Economic Dimension of Yemeni Unity; 15. Tracing the Cracks in the Yemeni System; 16. The Snake with a Thousand Heads: The Southern Cause in Yemen; 17. Tawakkul Karman as Cause and Effect; IV. Syria; 18. Asad's Lost Chances; 19. Behind the Resilience of the Syrian Regime; 20 The Evolution of Kurdish Politics in Syria; 21. Dramas of the Authoritarian State; 22. Beyond the Fall of the Syrian Regime; V. Bahrain; 23. A Revolution Paused in Bahrain
24. Bahrain's Crisis Worsens 25. The Battle Over Family Law in Bahrain; 26. Bahrain's Sunni Awakening; 27. In the Kingdom of Tear Gas; Contributors; Index;
Sommario/riassunto: "These essays from Middle East report ... cover events in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Syria, and Bahrain. Written for a broad audience of students, policymakers, media analysts, and general readers, the collection reveals the underlying causes of the revolts by identifying key trends during the last two decades leading up to the recent insurrections." -- From p. 4 of cover.
Titolo autorizzato: The Arab revolts  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-253-00978-2
1-299-15979-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910779322203321
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Serie: Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa.