Contentious Politics in the Middle East: Popular Resistance and Marginalized Activism beyond the Arab Uprisings

by Fawaz A. Gerges (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137537201
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	10/13/2015
Series:	Middle East Today
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	566
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Jan Wilkens, University of Hamburg, Germany Mishana Hosseinioun, University of Oxford, UK Anastasia Nosova, The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Aula Hariri, Queen Mary University of London, UK Jasmine Gani, The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Inez von Weitershausen, The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Eugenio Lilli, King's College London, UK David Zarnett, University of Toronto , Canada Suzanne Morrison, The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Magdalena C. Delgado, The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Oğuzhan Göksel, Istanbul 29 Mayis University, Turkey Suzan Gibril, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Cleo Jay, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK Laura Galián, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain Ayşe Dursun, University of Vienna, Austria Kim Jezabel Zinngrebe, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK Birce Altıok-Karşıyaka, Koç University, Turkey Kerem Yıldırım, Koç University, Turkey Pascal Debruyne, Ghent University, Belgium Christopher Parker, Ghent University, Belgium Alaa Tartir, The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Hadi Makarem, The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Harry Pettit, The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

Table of Contents

Introduction
Contextualizing The Arab Uprisings: Different Regimes, Different Revolutions And Different Trajectories; Fawaz A Gerges
PART I
1. Contention And Constitutionalisation In The Global Realm: Assessing The Uprisings In West Asia And North Africa For International Politics; Jan Wilkens
2. Reconceptualizing Resistance And Reform In The Middle East; Mishana Hosseinioun
3. Kuwaiti Arab Spring? The Role Of Transnational Factors In Kuwait's Contentious Politics; Anastasia Nosova
4. The Iraqi Independence Movement: A Case Of Transgressive Contention; Aula Hariri
PART II
5. Contentious Politics And The Syrian Crisis: Internationalisation And Militarisation Of Conflict; Jasmine Gani
6. Foreign Engagement In Contentious Politics: Europe And The 2011 Uprisings In Libya; Inez Von Weitershausen
7. Foreign Actors: A Double-Edged Sword Over Contentious Politics In The Middle East; Eugenio Lilli
8. Transnationalized Domestic Contention: Explaining The Varying Level Of Western Solidarity Given To Kurds And Palestinians; David Zarnett
9. The Emergence Of The Boycott, Divestment, And Sanctions Movement; Suzanne Morrison
PART III
10. Contentious Copts: The Emergence, Success And Decline Of Maspero Youth Movement In Egypt; Magdalena C. Delgado
11. From Progress To Order: The 'Kurdish Openings' And Limits To Contentious Politics In Turkey; Oguzhan Göksel
12. Contentious Politics And Bottom-Up Mobilisation In Revolutionary Egypt: The Case Of Egyptian Football Supporters In Cairo; Suzan Gibril
13. A Berber Spring: The Breakthrough Of Amazigh Minorities In The Uprisings' Aftermath; Cleo Jay
PART IV
14. New Modes Of Collective Actions: The Reemergence Of Anarchism In Egypt; Laura Galián
15. Muslim Groups In The Gezi Park Protests: Identity Politics And Contentious Politics Under Authoritarian Neoliberalism; Ayse Dursun
16. Claiming 'Marginal Space': The Contentious Politics Of 'Citizenship' Among Palestinian Feminists In Israel; Kim Jezabel Zinngrebe
17. Characteristics Of Prolonged Social Movements: The Case Of Gezi Park Protests; Birce Altiok-Karsiyaka And Kerem Yildirim
18. Reassembling The Political: Placing Contentious Politics In Jordan; Christopher Parker & Pascal Debruyne
PART V
19. Contentious Economics In Occupied Palestine; Alaa Tartir
20. The Bottom-Up Mobilization Of Lebanese Society Against Neoliberal Institutions: The Case Of Opposition Against Solidere's Reconstruction Of Downtown Beirut; Hadi Makarem
21. Iftar In Mcdonald's: The Everyday Encroachment Of Cairo's Subaltern Cosmopolitans; Harry Pettit
Conclusions; John Chalcraft

Editorial Reviews

'The collection is impressive for the sheer breadth and diversity of its coverage, and also for the depth of empirical research and analysis which characterize many of the essays. The essays in the volume will be of real interest to a wide range of readers, given the on going political upheaval in the Middle East.' John Sidel, Sir Patrick Gillam Professor of International and Comparative Politics, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

'This book is a refreshing antidote to the naïve celebrations of the 'Arab spring', to be replaced by the cynicism generated by its reversals, in favour of original studies of the diversity of political action and agency in specific locations and contexts, enriched by historical and comparative perspectives, and theoretical literacy.' Sami Zubaida, Professor Emeritus of Politics and Sociology, University of London, UK

'From football fans in Egypt to foreign fighters in Syria, from Copts in Egypt, Amazigh in North Africa and Kurds in Turkey, this book explores how social identities coalesce and movements emerge and evolve in circumstances of uncertainty and contestation. A valuable volume, it brings the fresh and inventive approaches and equally provocative insights of a new generation of scholars to some of the most vexed and challenging questions in the Middle East today.' Lisa Anderson, President of the American University in Cairo, Egypt

'The subjects featured in this book build on what wealready know but also fill in many of the gaps in our current understanding of what is really happening in the region. Particularly impressive is how this collection anticipates the next areas of change. For example, Kuwait, Jordan, and Lebanon face enormous challenges, yet are often overlooked in current studies and in the media because those challenges have not yet erupted. The Middle East is changing so much and so fast that, at times, it can be difficult to keep up. With an editor of Fawaz Gerges's standing, you know you can trust the quality of the scholarship in this book.' ME McMillan, author of From the First World War to the Arab Spring: What's Really Going On in the Middle East?

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