Arab Uprisings Explained - New Contentious Politics in the Middle East

The Arab Uprisings Explained offers a fresh rethinking of established theories and presents a new framework through which scholars and general readers can better grasp the fast-developing events remaking the region

List of contents

Acknowledgments1. IntroductionMarc Lynch2. Theories of TransitionDaniel BrumbergPart I: Regional and Cross-National Dimensions3. Diffusion and DemonstrationDavid Patel, Valerie Bunce, and Sharon Wolchik4. Authoritarian Learning and CounterrevolutionSteven Heydemann and Reinoud Leenders5. MediaMarc Lynch6. Inter-Arab Relations and the Regional SystemCurtis R. RyanPart II: Key Actors7. States and BankersClement M. Henry8. Arab MilitariesRobert Springborg9. Political GeographyJillian Schwedler and Ryan King10. Labor Movements and OrganizationsVickie Langohr11. Islamist MovementsQuinn Mecham12. ElectionsEllen LustPart III: Public Opinion13. Political System Preferences of Arab PublicsMark Tessler and Michael Robbins14. Political Attitudes of Youth CohortsMichael Hoffmann and Amaney Jamal15. Constitutional Revolutions and the Public SphereNathan J. Brown16. ConclusionMarc LynchList of ContributorsIndex

About the author

Marc Lynch is the director of the Institute for Middle East Studies at George Washington University, edits the Middle East Channel for ForeignPolicy.com, and is a nonresident senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. He is also the author of Voices of the New Arab Public: Iraq, Al-Jazeera, and Middle East Politics Today and State Interests and Public Spheres: The International Politics of Jordan's Identity.

Summary

The Arab Uprisings Explained offers a fresh rethinking of established theories and presents a new framework through which scholars and general readers can better grasp the fast-developing events remaking the region

Product details

• Authors: Marc Lynch, Marc (George Washington University) Lynch
• Assisted by: Marc Lynch (Editor), Marc (George Washington University) Lynch (Editor), Lynch Marc (Editor)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.09.2014
• EAN: 9780231158848
• ISBN: 978-0-231-15884-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics; Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Middle East / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Middle East, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Revolutionary groups & movements, Middle Eastern history, North Africa, c 2010 to c 2020, c 2010 to c 2019, Revolutionary groups and movements, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions