The Arab Uprisings Explained
New Contentious Politics in the Middle East
by Mark Lynch
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Send NetGalley books directly to your Kindle or Kindle app
1
To read on a Kindle or Kindle app, please add kindle@netgalley.com as an approved email address to receive files in your Amazon account. Click here for step-by-step instructions.
2
Also find your Kindle email address within your Amazon account, and enter it here.
Pub Date Sep 16 2014 | Archive Date Dec 04 2014
Description
Why did Tunisian protests following the self-immolation of Mohammed Bouazizi lead to a massive wave of uprisings across the entire Arab world? Who participated in those protests, and what did they hope to achieve? Why did some leaders fall in the face of popular mobilization while others found ways to survive? And what have been the lasting results of the contentious politics of 2011 and 2012? The Arab uprisings pose stark challenges to the political science of the Middle East, which for decades had focused upon the resilience of entrenched authoritarianism, the relative weakness of civil society, and what seemed to be the largely contained diffusion of new norms and ideas through new information technologies.
In this volume, leading scholars in the field take a sharp look at the causes, dynamics, and effects of the Arab uprisings. Compiled by one of the foremost experts on Middle East politics and society, The Arab Uprisings Explained offers a fresh rethinking of established theories and presents a new framework through which scholars and general readers can better grasp the fast-developing events remaking the region. These essays not only advance the study of political science in the Middle East but also integrate the subject seamlessly into the wider political science literature. Deeply committed to the study of this region and working out the kinks of the discipline, the contributors to this volume help scholars and policymakers across the world approach this unprecedented historical period smartly and effectively.
Advance Praise
“This important volume addresses a series of core questions about the origins, dynamics and consequences of the Arab uprisings in a rigorous way that transcends headlines and quick, opinion-based analyses.”
—Melani Cammett, Author of Globalization and Business Politics in North Africa: A Comparative Perspective
“The is an outstanding volume on the Arab uprisings—one of the very best so far. The articles by leading scholars are thematic, covering key factors and actors at play as the uprisings continue to unfold. It is a well-informed, theoretically grounded collection that advances our understanding of the dramatic upheavals in the Middle East. I highly recommend it.”
—Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, University of Maryland and author of The World Through Arab Eyes: Arab Public Opinion and the Reshaping of the Middle East.
“This extremely useful and timely volume directs the reader away from individual country stories, which have dominated our accounts of the Arab uprisings of 2011, toward thematic and topical arguments that can provide the basis for a broader understanding of these events. Expected topics like diffusion, media, the military and elections are joined by analyses of less examined themes like labor, political space and banking systems. The treatments are sophisticated, but accessible to students and general readers as well. In all, an excellent contribution to what is the most important question facing scholars of Middle East politics”
—F. Gregory Gause, III, Bush School of Government, Texas A&M University
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780231158848 |
| PRICE | $30.00 (USD) |
