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Taking to the streets : the transformation of Arab activism / edited by Lina Khatib and Ellen Lust.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Baltimore, Maryland : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]Description: 351 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781421413112 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9781421413129 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1421413116 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1421413124 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 322.40917/4927
LOC classification:
  • JQ 1850 T136 2014
Contents:
Preface / Moulay Hicham Ben Abdallah El Alaoui -- Introduction : activism in the Arab world : Arab uprisings and beyond / Lina Khatib and Ellen Lust -- Architecture of resistance in Tunisia / Laryssa Chomiak -- Egypt : a decade of ruptures / Rabab El-Mahdi -- Activism and civil war in Libya / Intissar K. Rajbani and Lihi Ben Shitrit -- Explaining political activism in Yemen / Gamal Gasim -- Activism in Syria : between non-violence and armed resistance / Wael Sawah and Salam Kawakibi -- Activism in Bahrain : between sectarian and issue politics / Laurence Louer -- Morocco's Makhzen and the haphazard activists / Ahmed Benchemsi -- Jordan : evolving activism in a divided society / Janine Clarke and Mohammed Yaghi -- Political activism in Kuwait : reform in fits and starts / Mary Ann Tetreault -- No spring in Riyadh : Saudi Arabia's seemingly impossible revolution / Stephane Lacroix -- Postscript : problems and prospects of democratization in the Arab world / Larry Diamond.
Summary: Taking to the Streets will be used in courses on Middle East politics and will be relevant to scholars and the general public interested in democratization, political change, and activism.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) JQ 1850 T136 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000115954

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface / Moulay Hicham Ben Abdallah El Alaoui -- Introduction : activism in the Arab world : Arab uprisings and beyond / Lina Khatib and Ellen Lust -- Architecture of resistance in Tunisia / Laryssa Chomiak -- Egypt : a decade of ruptures / Rabab El-Mahdi -- Activism and civil war in Libya / Intissar K. Rajbani and Lihi Ben Shitrit -- Explaining political activism in Yemen / Gamal Gasim -- Activism in Syria : between non-violence and armed resistance / Wael Sawah and Salam Kawakibi -- Activism in Bahrain : between sectarian and issue politics / Laurence Louer -- Morocco's Makhzen and the haphazard activists / Ahmed Benchemsi -- Jordan : evolving activism in a divided society / Janine Clarke and Mohammed Yaghi -- Political activism in Kuwait : reform in fits and starts / Mary Ann Tetreault -- No spring in Riyadh : Saudi Arabia's seemingly impossible revolution / Stephane Lacroix -- Postscript : problems and prospects of democratization in the Arab world / Larry Diamond.

Taking to the Streets will be used in courses on Middle East politics and will be relevant to scholars and the general public interested in democratization, political change, and activism.

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