The Arab revolts : dispatches on militant democracy in the Middle East

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The Arab revolts : dispatches on militant democracy in the Middle East

edited by David McMurray and Amanda Ufheil-Somers

(Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa / Paul A. Silverstein, Susan Slyomovics, and Ted Swedenburg, editors)

Indiana University Press, c2013

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The 2011 eruptions of popular discontent across the Arab world, popularly dubbed the Arab Spring, were local manifestations of a regional mass movement for democracy, freedom, and human dignity. Authoritarian regimes were either overthrown or put on notice that the old ways of oppressing their subjects would no longer be tolerated. These essays from Middle East Report-the leading source of timely reporting and insightful analysis of the region-cover events in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Syria, and Yemen. 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.

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Introduction I. Tunisia 1. Tunisia's Wall Has Fallen Nadia Marzouki 2. Tunisia's Post-Ben Ali Challenge: A Primer Amy Aisen Kallander 3. Authoritarianism and Civil Society in Tunisia: Back from the Democratic Brink Christopher Alexander 4. Structural Adjustment and Rural Poverty in Tunisia Stephen King 5. The Making of North Africa's Intifadas Laryssa Chomiak and John P. Entelis 6. Beyond Ghannouchi: Social Change and Islamism in Tunisia Francesco Cavatorta and Rikke Hostrup Haugbolle II. Egypt 7. The Praxis of the Egyptian Revolution Mona El-Ghobashy 8. Worlds Apart: An Egyptian Village and the International Tourism Industry Timothy Mitchell 9. Strikes in Egypt Spread from Center of Gravity Joel Beinin and Hossam El-Hamalawy 10. Striking Back at Egyptian Workers Hesham Sallam 11. Sightings of the Egyptian Deep State Issandr El Amrani 12. Egypt's Generals and Transnational Capital Shana Marshall and Joshua Stacher III. Yemen 13. No Exit: Yemen's Existential Crisis Sheila Carapico 14. The Economic Dimension of Yemeni Unity Sheila Carapico 15. Cracks in the Yemeni System Sarah Phillips 16. The Snake with a Thousand Heads: The Southern Cause in Yemen Susanne Dahlgren 17. Tawakkul Karman as Cause and Effect Stacey Philbrick Yadav IV. Syria 18. Asad's Lost Chances Carsten Wieland 19. The Resilience of the Syrian Regime Bassam Haddad 20. The Evolution of Kurdish Politics in Syria Christian Sinclair and Sirwan Kajjo 21. Dramas of the Authoritarian State Donatella Della Ratta 22. Beyond the Fall of the Syrian Regime Peter Harling and Sarah Birke V: Bahrain 23. A Revolution Paused in Bahrain Cortni Kerr and Toby Jones 24. Bahrain's Crisis Worsens Joe Stork 25. The Battle Over Family Law in Bahrain Sandy Russell Jones 26. Bahrain's Sunni Awakening Justin Gengler 27. In the Kingdom of Teargas Gregg Carlstrom

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