The Arab revolution of 2011 : : a comparative perspective /

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The Arab revolution of 2011 : : a comparative perspective / / edited by Said Amir Arjomand.

How do we make sense of the Arab revolution of 2011? What were its successes, its failures, and significance in world history? The Arab Revolution of 2011 brings together a broad range of perspectives to explain the causes, processes, and consequences of the revolution of 2011 and its critical impli...

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TeilnehmendeR:
Arjomand, Said Amir,
Place / Publishing House:Albany, [New York] : : SUNY Press,, 2015.
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:SUNY series, Pangaea II
Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Foreword: Pangaea II: Global/Local Studies
  • Introduction
  • References
  • 1. The Arab Revolution of 2011 and Its Counterrevolutions in Comparative Perspective
  • A Global Comparative Perspective
  • Constitutional Revolution and Its Distinctive Typological Features
  • The Middle Eastern Perspective: A Comparison with Iran
  • Neo-patrimonial Regimes and the Revolutions of 2011
  • Mobilizational Regimes and Revolution in the Middle East
  • The State Survival and Constitutional Revolutions in Tunisia
  • State Survival and Constitutional Revolution and Counterrevolution in Egypt State Revival and the Law and Order Counterrevolution in Egypt
  • State Collapse and Deepening Revolutionary Power Struggle in Libya
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • 2. Bringing Regimes Back In: Explaining Success and Failure in the Middle East Revolts of 2011
  • Types of Authoritarian Regimes
  • The Monarchies
  • The Personalist Regimes
  • The Quiet Regimes
  • Beyond the Uprisings: Trajectories of Peaceful and Violent Change
  • References
  • 3. Is Democracy a Mirage? The Arab Awakening in Comparative PerspectiveCitizens and Believers
  • Democracy and the Rule of Law
  • Democracy and Civil Society
  • Which Democracy?
  • References
  • 4. Did Inequality Breed the Arab Uprisings? Social Inequality in the Middle East from a World Perspective
  • Inequality Clustering and Institutional Path Dependence in MENAâ€?Some Stylized Facts
  • Welfare Making as State Making in the Postcolonial Middle East
  • The New Middle Class and Social Underpinnings of the Arab Spring
  • Note
  • References
  • 5. A Place for Revolution: Urban Space in the Arab SpringCities and Political Power
  • Secondary Cities and the Arab Spring
  • Space and Places
  • Cities as Locales for Political Resistance
  • Urban Spaces as Political Symbols
  • Cities as Locations of Popular Protest
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • 6. Quest for the Dawla Madania (Civic State): Visions of Egyptian Statehood
  • The Uprising: A Successful Protest!
  • Pre-Uprising Activism: Fluid and Networked Against Repression
  • Transition to Twilight: Sovereign State Agencies
  • Postâ€?Uprising Activism: Violence of Binary Oppositions Beyond Activism: Visions of Modern Civic Statehood
  • Notes
  • References
  • 7. The First Year of the Tunisian Revolution
  • â€oeKasbah Iâ€? and â€oeKasbah II, â€? Januaryâ€?March 2011
  • The Transition to General Elections, Aprilâ€?October 2011
  • The Tripartite Formula, November 2011-March 2012
  • Tunisian Constitutionalism and Revolutionary Process
  • Appendix: The Timeline
  • 2011
  • 2012
  • References
  • 8. Why Burkinaâ€?s Spring Fizzled Away: Paradoxes of a Semiauthoritarian Regime

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