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This book brings together a roster of prominent contributors to present a strategic interactionist perspective on the study of contentious politics in the Middle East in response to the Arab uprisings.
List of contents
Preface by Frédéric Volpi and James M. Jasper, Introduction: Rethinking Mobilization after the Arab Uprisings. James M. Jasper and Frédéric Volpi 1: The Social Life of Contentious Ideas: Piracy and Unruly, Trans-Local Appropriation in the Arab Uprisings and Beyond. John Chalcraft 2: Routines and Ruptures in Anti-Israeli Protests in Jordan. Jillian Schwedler 3: Shaping Contention as a Salafi Movement: The Rise and Fall of Ansar al-Sharia in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia. Frédéric Volpi 4: Contingency and Agency in a Turning Point Event: March 18th, 2011 in Daraa, Syria. Wendy Pearlman 5: It Takes Two (or More) to Tango: the Local Coproduction of the Alexandrian Revolutionary Moment. Youssef El Chazli 6: Violence, Social Actors, and Subjectivation in the Egyptian Revolution. Farhad Khosrokhavar, Conclusion: Unruly Protest. Charles Kurzman
About the author
Frédéric Volpi is Senior Lecturer in international politics at the School of International Relations of the University of St Andrews.
James M. Jasper is a sociologist at the CUNY Graduate Center. He has each written a number of books on recent social movements, and is the co-editor of book series, Protest and Social Movements.
