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Author Gelvin, James L., 1951-

Title The Arab uprisings : what everyone needs to know / James L. Gelvin
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 185 pages)
Series What everyone needs to know
What everyone needs to know.
Contents Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 A Revolutionary Wave?; What is the Arab world?; How homogeneous is the Arab world?; Why do Arabs identify with one another?; What was political life in the Arab world like on the eve of the uprisings?; Why have authoritarian governments been so common in the Arab world?; What was the state of the economy in the Arab world on the eve of the uprisings?; What benefits did Arab regimes originally promise their populations?; Why and how did Arab regimes renege on the promises they had made to their populations?
Summary Beginning in December 2010 popular revolt swept through the Middle East, shocking the world and ushering in a period of unprecedented unrest. Protestors took to the streets to demand greater freedom, democracy, human rights, social justice, and regime change. What caused these uprisings? What is their significance? And what are their likely consequences? In an engaging question-and-answer format, The Arab Uprisings explores all aspects of the revolutionary protests that have rocked the Middle East
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Protest movements -- Arab countries -- History -- 21st century
Protest movements -- Middle East -- History -- 21st century
Protest movements -- Middle East
HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
Printemps arabe.
Régimes autoritaires.
Démocratisation.
Droits de l'homme.
Mouvements politiques.
Révolution sociale.
Politics and government
Protest movements
Aufstand
Protest movements -- Arab countries -- History -- 21st century.
Protest movements -- Middle East -- History -- 21st century.
Protest movements -- Middle East.
Arab Spring, 2010-
Arabländerna -- politik och förvaltning.
Protest movements -- History. -- Arab countries.
SUBJECT Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Middle East -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Subject Pays arabes.
Moyen-Orient.
Arab countries
Middle East
Arabische Staaten
Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
Middle East -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
Arab countries -- Politics and government.
Middle East -- Politics and government.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199891764
0199891761
1280594365
9781280594366