Description |
1 online resource (365 pages) |
Contents |
9789774165368; 9789774165368; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; Appendices; Appendix 1; Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
Beginning in Tunisia, and spreading to as many as seventeen Arab countries, the street protests of the 'Arab Spring' in 2011 empowered citizens and banished their fear of speaking out against governments. The Arab Spring belied Arab exceptionalism, widely assumed to be the natural state of stagnation in the Arab world amid global change and progress. The collapse in February 2011 of the regime in the region's most populous country, Egypt, led to key questions of why, how, and with what consequences did this occur?Inspired by the "contentious politics" school and Social Movement Theory, Arab |
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Arab Spring, 2010-
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Revolutions -- Egypt
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Protest movements -- Egypt -- History -- 21st century
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Democratization -- Egypt -- History -- 21st century
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HISTORY -- World.
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Democratization
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Politics and government
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Protest movements
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Revolutions
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Egypt -- History -- Protests, 2011-2013
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Egypt -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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Egypt
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
El-Mahdi, Rabab
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ISBN |
9781617974946 |
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1617974943 |
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