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Informationen zum Autor Larbi Sadiki is Associate Professor in Arab Democratisation (International Affairs & Political Science), Qatar University. Klappentext The self-immolation of Mohammed Bouazizi in Tunisia in December 2010 heralded the arrival of the 'Arab Spring,' a startling, yet not unprecedented, era of profound social and political upheaval. The meme of the Arab Spring is characterised by bottom-up change, or the lack thereof, and its effects are still unfurling today. The Routledge Handbook of the Arab Spring seeks to provide a departure point for ongoing discussion of a fluid phenomenon on a plethora of topics, including:Contexts and contests of democratisationThe sweep of the Arab SpringEgyptWomen and the Arab SpringAgents of change and the technology of protestImpact of the Arab Spring in the wider Middle East and further afieldCollating a wide array of viewpoints, specialisms, biases, and degrees of proximity and distance from events that shook the Arab world to its core, the Handbook is written with the reader in mind, to provide students, practitioners, diplomats, policy-makers and lay readers with contextualization and knowledge, and to set the stage for further discussion of the Arab Spring. Zusammenfassung The self-immolation of Mohammed Bouazizi in Tunisia in December 2010 heralded the arrival of the ‘Arab Spring,’ a startling, yet not unprecedented, era of profound social and political upheaval. The meme of the Arab Spring is characterised by bottom-up change, or the lack thereof, and its effects are still unfurling today. The Routledge Handbook of the Arab Spring seeks to provide a departure point for ongoing discussion of a fluid phenomenon on a plethora of topics, including: Contexts and contests of democratisation The sweep of the Arab Spring Egypt Women and the Arab Spring Agents of change and the technology of protest Impact of the Arab Spring in the wider Middle East and further afield Collating a wide array of viewpoints, specialisms, biases, and degrees of proximity and distance from events that shook the Arab world to its core, the Handbook is written with the reader in mind, to provide students, practitioners, diplomats, policy-makers and lay readers with contextualization and knowledge, and to set the stage for further discussion of the Arab Spring. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Unruliness Through Space and Time: Re-Constructing Peoplehood in the Arab Spring Part 1: Introducing the Arab Spring: Reflections on Contexts and Contests of Democratization 2. On the 'Arab Spring Laurence Whitehead 3. Arab Politics After the Uprisings Michael Hudson 4. Toward a Historical Sociology of the Arab Uprising Raymond Hinnebusch 5. The Arab Spring Mustapha Kamel Al-Sayyid Part 2: The 'Travel' of Revolution: from Tunis to Sanaa 6. Interpreting the Tunisian Revolution: Beyond Bou'azizi Amor Boubakri 7. The Roots of the Tunisian Revolution Sami Zemni 8. Tunisian Revolution and the International-Domestic Nexus Corinna Mullin 9. Libya's Arab Spring Anas A. Buera 10. Libya's Islamists & the 17th February Revolution Anas El Gomati 11. The Uprising in Bahrain Kristian Coates Ulrichsen 12. The Arab Spring Comes to Syria Obaida Fares 13. Yemen's Arab Spring Elham Manea 13. Pro-Regime and Oppositional Media Obaida Fares 14. A Perpetual Process of 'Uncovering' Layla Saleh 15. Pro-Regime vs. Oppositional Media Obaida Fares Part 3: Egypt in the Arab Spring: Islam, the State and the Military 16. The Egyptian Revolution Shafeeq Ghabra 17. Making the Crisis Visible Irene Weipert-Fenner 18. The "Anguish" of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt Khalil al-Anani 19. Contemporary Islamist Discourses on the State in Egypt Mohammed Moussa 20. Failure of a Revolution Khaled Abou El-Fadl Part 4: Womens' V...