Popular Contention, Regime, and Transition: The Arab Revolts in Comparative Global Perspective - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0190203579 ISBN 13 : 9780190203573

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2016

Synopsis

Although episodes of resistance and contention in authoritarian and authoritarian-like regimes constitute the majority of mass political movements worldwide, the theories and models of popular contention have been developed on liberal-democratic assumptions. Prompted by the recent revolutionary waves in the Middle East and North Africa, Popular Contention, Regime, and Transition offers a deeper understanding of the complex and indeterminate linkages between popular protest, regime type, and transitions in democratic and authoritarian regimes alike.

Through a diverse array of case studies from countries around the world, this volume places the Arab Spring uprisings in comparative perspective, demonstrating the similarities and parallels between contentious events in democratic and authoritarian-like regimes. Leading scholars in the fields of political science, sociologoy, and international studies discuss topics such as the set of initial conditions involved in the protest, prospects of contention, and forms of protest, as well as the role of historical legacies, regime responses, the military, social polarization, and external factors in the divergent outcomes of protest. By situating the study of contention in authoritarian and semi-authoritarian regimes in comparative perspective, Popular Contention, Regime, and Transition generates powerful insights into the impetus, dynamics, and consequences of contention in all contexts.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Eitan Y Alimi is Associate Professor of Political Sociology at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and co-author of The Dynamics of Radicalization (2015).

Avraham Sela is A. Ephraim and Shirley Diamond Family Professor Emeritus of International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Mario Sznajder is Leon Blum Professor of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0190203579
• ISBN 13: 9780190203573
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 386
• Éditeur: Alimi Eitan Y., Sela Avraham, Sznajder Mario
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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