Revisiting the Arab Uprisings - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Revisiting the Arab Uprisings write by Stéphane Lacroix. This book was released on 2018-12-15. Revisiting the Arab Uprisings available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Since 2013, the Middle East has experienced a double trend of chaos and civil war, on the one hand, and the return of authoritarianism, on the other. That convergence has eclipsed the political transitions that occurred in the countries whose regimes were toppled in 2011, as if they were merely footnotes to a narrative that naturally led from an "Arab Spring" to an "Arab Winter". This volume aims at rehabilitating those transitions, by considering them as expressions of a "revolutionary moment" whose outcome was never pre-determined, but depended on the choices of a large range of actors. It brings together leading scholars of Arab politics to adopt a comparative approach to a few crucial aspects of those transitions: constitutional debates, the question of transitional justice, the evolution of civil-military relations, and the role of specific actors, both domestic and international.
Dignity in the Egyptian Revolution
Dignity in the Egyptian Revolution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dignity in the Egyptian Revolution write by Zaynab El Bernoussi. This book was released on 2021-07. Dignity in the Egyptian Revolution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Examining the concept of dignity, or karama in Arabic, this provides insights into protesters' motives in participating in the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
The Arab Revolution
The Arab Revolution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Arab Revolution write by Jean-Pierre Filiu. This book was released on 2011-11-23. The Arab Revolution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "First published in the United Kingdom in 2011 by C. Hurst & Co."--T.p. verso.
Tunisia
Tunisia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tunisia write by Safwan M. Masri. This book was released on 2017-09-05. Tunisia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Arab Spring began and ended with Tunisia. In a region beset by brutal repression, humanitarian disasters, and civil war, Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution alone gave way to a peaceful transition to a functioning democracy. Within four short years, Tunisians passed a progressive constitution, held fair parliamentary elections, and ushered in the country's first-ever democratically elected president. But did Tunisia simply avoid the misfortunes that befell its neighbors, or were there particular features that set the country apart and made it a special case? In Tunisia: An Arab Anomaly, Safwan M. Masri explores the factors that have shaped the country's exceptional experience. He traces Tunisia's history of reform in the realms of education, religion, and women's rights, arguing that the seeds for today's relatively liberal and democratic society were planted as far back as the middle of the nineteenth century. Masri argues that Tunisia stands out not as a model that can be replicated in other Arab countries, but rather as an anomaly, as its history of reformism set it on a separate trajectory from the rest of the region. The narrative explores notions of identity, the relationship between Islam and society, and the hegemonic role of religion in shaping educational, social, and political agendas across the Arab region. Based on interviews with dozens of experts, leaders, activists, and ordinary citizens, and a synthesis of a rich body of knowledge, Masri provides a sensitive, often personal, account that is critical for understanding not only Tunisia but also the broader Arab world.
Rentier Islamism
Rentier Islamism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rentier Islamism write by Courtney Freer. This book was released on 2018-03-01. Rentier Islamism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. While scholars have long looked at the role of political Islam in the Middle East, it has been assumed that domestic politics in the wealthy monarchical states of the Arabian Gulf, so-called "rentier states" where taxes are very low and oil wealth subsidizes the needs of citizens, are largely unaffected by such movements. However, the long accepted rentier theory has been shortsighted in overlooking the socio-political role played by Muslim Brotherhood affiliates in the super-rentiers of Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. While rentier state theory assumes that citizens of such states will form opposition blocs only when their stake in rent income is threatened, this book demonstrates that ideology, rather than rent, have motivated the formation of independent Islamist movements in the wealthiest states of the region. In the monarchical systems of Qatar and the UAE, Islamist groups do not have the opportunity to compete for power and therefore cannot use the ballot box to gain popularity or influence political life, as they do elsewhere in the Middle East. But, as this book points out, the division between the social and political sectors is often blurred in the socially conservative states of the Gulf, as political actors operate through channels that are not institutionalized. Simply because politics is underinstitutionalized in such states does not mean that it is underdeveloped; the informal realm holds considerable political capital. As such, the book argues that Brotherhood movements have managed to use the links between the social (i.e. informal personal networks) and political (i.e. government institutions) to gain influence in policymaking in such states.Using contemporary history and original empirical research, Courtney Freer updates traditional rentier state theory and argues that political Islam serves as a prominent voice and tool to promote more strictly political, and often populist or reformist, views supported by many Gulf citizens.
