{"product_id":"9780755644865","title":"Understanding Revolutions Opening Acts in Tunisia","description":"\u003ch1\u003eUnderstanding Revolutions\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eOpening Acts in Tunisia\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAzmi Bishara\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Africa \/ North\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis Open Access book is an empirical and theoretical investigation, and original insight into how a local protest movement developed into a revolution that changed a regime, this book shows us how we can understand political revolutions. \u003c\/b\u003eAzmi Bishara critically explores the gradual democratic reform and peaceful transfer of power in the context of Tunisia. He grapples with the specific make-up of Tunisia as a modern state and its republican political heritage and investigates how this determined the development and survival of the revolution and the democratic transition in its aftermath.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Bishara, the political culture and attitudes of the elites and their readiness to compromise, in addition to an army without political ambitions, were aspects that proved crucial for the relative success of the Tunisian experience. But he distinguishes between protest movements and mass movements that aim at regime change and discerns the social and political conditions required for the transition from the former to the latter. Bishara shows that the specific factors that correspond to mass movements and regime change are relative deprivation, awareness of injustice, dignity and indignation. He concludes, based on meticulous documentation of the events in Tunisia and theoretical investigation, that while revolutions are unpredictable with no single theory able to explain them, all revolutions across different historical and conceptual contexts be seen as popular uprisings that aim at regime change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is the first of a trilogy, the \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e series by Bishara, seeking to provide a rich, comprehensive and lucid assessment of the revolutions in three states: Tunisia, Syria, and Egypt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the \u003c\/i\u003eArab Center for Research and Policy Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAzmi Bishara\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the most prominent scholars in the Arab world, known for his work on global issues and those pertaining to the Arab region in particular. As a public intellectual, Bishara is one of the most influential critics of authoritarianism and colonialism and a staunch supporter of democratic transition in the region. His most prominent publications include \u003ci\u003eCivil Society: A Critical Contribution \u003c\/i\u003e(1996); \u003ci\u003eThe Army and Political Power in the Arab Context: Theoretical Problems \u003c\/i\u003e(2020);\u003ci\u003e Religion and Secularism in a Historical Context in 3 vols.\u003c\/i\u003e(2011-2013); \u003ci\u003eSectarianism Without Sects \u003c\/i\u003e(2021)\u003ci\u003e; Answering the Question What is Salafism \u003c\/i\u003e(2018)\u003ci\u003e;\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Transition to Democracy and its Problematique: a Theoretical and Applied Comparative Study.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29 June 2023\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eI.B. Tauris\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780755644865\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e328\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.32\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378192515212,"sku":"9780755644865","price":36.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_5fdbaf37-b7da-4185-bcc0-9f97b3366930.jpg?v=1783907982","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780755644865","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}