Taking to the Streets - The Transformation of Arab Activism

Examines the conventional wisdom that the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings happened spontaneously and were directed by tech-savvy young revolutionaries. Pairing observations from activists with the critical perspectives of scholars, this book illuminates the concept of activism as an ongoing process, rather than a sudden burst of defiance.

About the author

Lina Khatib is director of the Carnegie Middle East Center and was a co-founder of the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at Stanford University. Ellen Lust is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and founding director of the Program on Governance and Local Development in the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University.

Summary

Taking to the Streets will be used in courses on Middle East politics and will be relevant to scholars and the general public interested in democratization, political change, and activism.

Product details

• Authors: Lina Khatib, Lina (Head Khatib, Lina Lust Khatib
• Assisted by: Lina Khatib (Editor), Lina (Head Khatib (Editor), Ellen Lust (Editor), Ellen (Associate Professor Lust (Editor)
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2014
• EAN: 9781421413112
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-1311-2
• No. of pages: 368
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education