Middle East Today: Popular Resistance and Marginalized Activism beyond the Arab Uprisings

Gerges, Fawaz A.

While the Arab people took center stage in the Arab Spring protests, academic studies have focused more on structural factors to understand the limitations of these popular uprisings. This book analyzes the role and complexities of popular agency in the Arab Spring through the framework of contentious politics and social movement theory.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2015-10-13

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137537218

DOI: 10.1057/9781137530868

Dimensions: 140cm x140cm

Pages: 566