Taking to the streets : the transformation of Arab activism /
Taking to the streets : the transformation of Arab activism /
edited by Lina Khatib and Ellen Lust.
- Baltimore, Maryland : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]
- 351 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
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.
9781421413112 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781421413129 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1421413116 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1421413124 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2013027752
Arab Spring, 2010-
Protest movements--Arab countries.
Social movements--Arab countries.
Revolutions--Arab countries.
Democratization--Arab countries.
Primavera Árabe, 2010-
Movimientos sociales--Paises árabes.
Revoluciones--Paises árabes.
Arab countries--Politics and government--21st century.
Paises árabes--Política y gobierno y Siglo XXI.
JQ 1850 / T136 2014
322.40917/4927
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.
9781421413112 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781421413129 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1421413116 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1421413124 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2013027752
Arab Spring, 2010-
Protest movements--Arab countries.
Social movements--Arab countries.
Revolutions--Arab countries.
Democratization--Arab countries.
Primavera Árabe, 2010-
Movimientos sociales--Paises árabes.
Revoluciones--Paises árabes.
Arab countries--Politics and government--21st century.
Paises árabes--Política y gobierno y Siglo XXI.
JQ 1850 / T136 2014
322.40917/4927