Description
Product ID: | 9781108454797 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | After the Arab Uprisings |
Subtitle: | Progress and Stagnation in the Middle East and North Africa |
Authors: | Author: Shamiran Mako, Valentine M. Moghadam |
Page Count: | 264 |
Subjects: | Comparative politics, Comparative politics, Political structures: democracy, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Revolutionary groups and movements, Political structures: democracy, Demonstrations & protest movements, Revolutionary groups & movements, North Africa, Egypt, Libya |
Description: | Select Guide Rating A holistic and cross-disciplinary approach to understanding why a regional democratic transition did not occur after the Arab Spring protests, this accessible study highlights the salience of regime type, civil society, women's mobilizations, and external intervention across seven countries for undergraduate and postgraduate students and scholars. Why were some, but not all the Arab mass social protests of 2011 accompanied by relatively quick and nonviolent outcomes in the direction of regime change, democracy, and social transformation? Why was a democratic transition limited to Tunisia, and why did region-wide democratization not occur? After the Arab Uprisings offers an explanatory framework to answer these central questions, based on four key themes: state and regime type, civil society, gender relations and women''s mobilizations, and external influence. Applying these to seven cases: Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Bahrain, Libya, Syria, and Yemen, Valentine M. Moghadam and Shamiran Mako highlight the salience of domestic and external factors and forces, uniquely presenting women''s legal status, social positions, and organizational capacity, along with the presence or absence of external intervention, as key elements in explaining the divergent outcomes of the Arab Spring uprisings, and extending the analysis to the present day. |
Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2021-07-22 |