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This book studies the role of youth movements in the Arab uprisings of late 2010 and early 2011. It is intended for scholars and students studying Middle East and North African studies, the Arab Spring, social movements, and authoritarian resilience, and all those interested in the wider study of regime change and uprisings.
List of contents
Introduction; 1. New approaches to contentious politics; 2. The context of mobilization; 3. Repertoires of contention; 4. Political attitudes of youth activists; 5. Mobilization networks; 6. Activism and contentious politics in Bahrain, Algeria, Jordan, and Morocco.
About the author
Nadine Sika is Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics at the American University in Cairo (AUC), and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Institution for Public Opinion Polling 'Baseera'. She was previously Humboldt Foundation Visiting Fellow at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik in Berlin (SWP), and was also a guest scholar at the Political Science Institute at Universität Tübingen. She is the co-editor (with Eberhard Kienle) of The Arab Uprisings: Transforming and Challenging State Power (2015). Her recent articles have appeared in Mediterranean Politics, The Journal of North African Studies and the British Journal of Middle East Studies.
Summary
This book studies the role of youth movements in the Arab uprisings of late 2010 and early 2011. It is intended for scholars and students studying Middle East and North African studies, the Arab Spring, social movements, and authoritarian resilience, and all those interested in the wider study of regime change and uprisings.
