Microfoundations of the Arab Uprisings : Mapping Interactions between Regimes and Protesters /

This book brings together a roster of prominent contributors to present a strategic interactionist perspective on the study of contentious politics in the Middle East in response to the Arab uprisings. The common thread among the contributions is an interest in the micro-level interactions between v...

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Other Authors: Jasper, James M., 1957- (Editor), Volpi, Frederic (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Rethinking Mobilization after the Arab Uprisings; James M. Jasper and FrÃdÃric Volpi; 1. The Social Life of Contentious Ideas; Piracy and Unruly, Translocal Appropriation in the Arab Uprisings and Beyond; John Chalcraft; 2. Routines and Ruptures in Anti-Israeli Protests in Jordan; Jillian Schwedler; 3. Shaping Contention as a Salafi Movement; The Rise and Fall of Ansar al-Sharia in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia; FrÃdÃric Volpi; 4. Contingency and Agency in a Turning Point Event; March 18, 2011, in Daraa, Syria; Wendy Pearlman.
  • 5 .It Takes Two (or More) to TangoThe Local Coproduction of the Alexandrian Revolutionary Moment; Youssef El Chazli; 6. Violence, Social Actors, and Subjectivation in the Egyptian Revolution; Farhad Khosrokhavar; Conclusion; Unruly Protest; Charles Kurzman; Index.