Revolution in Syria - Identity, Networks, and Repression

Tracing local trajectories of conflict, Mazur explains how the Syrian uprising became a civil war fought largely along ethnic lines.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Theory; 3. Networks, identities, and patronage in contemporary Syria; 4. Events of the Syrian uprising; 5. Initial forms of challenge; 6. State networks and non-participation; 7. Logics of state repression and societal response; 8. Particularizing challenge in Kurdish areas; 9. Conclusion.

About the author

Kevin Mazur is Future of Conflict Fellow in the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project at Princeton University. He was previously a Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow at Nuffield College, University of Oxford and has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Arab world.

Summary

This book is for scholars of contentious politics, conflict, ethnicity, and the Middle East, as well as anyone seeking to understand the Syrian conflict. Using new quantitative data and Arabic-language sources, Mazur traces local trajectories of conflict and how they produced a civil war fought mostly along ethnic lines.

Additional text

'Revolution in Syria shows beyond the shadow of a doubt that the Syrian conflict was not “ethnic” in its origin but rather took on this appearance over time. Mazur's painstaking description of the evolving interactions between challengers and the incumbent regime in Syria contributes richly to studies of 'ethnic violence' by tracing exactly how ethnicization occurred. The author's deep attention to the varied local dynamics of contestation across the country and his profound knowledge of the case make the book a must-read for anyone interested in Syria, the Middle East, and ethnic politics more generally.' Melani Cammett, Harvard University

Product details

• Authors: Kevin Mazur
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781108824170
• ISBN: 978-1-108-82417-0
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / Middle East / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, International Relations, Comparative Politics, Middle Eastern history