The Arab Revolution of 2011 : A Comparative Perspective /

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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Other Authors: Arjomand, Said Amir
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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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