Civil Resistance in the Arab Spring : Triumphs and Disasters

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Civil Resistance in the Arab Spring : Triumphs and Disasters

Title remainder

Triumphs and Disasters

Statement of responsibility

edited by Adam Roberts, Michael J. Willis, Rory McCarthy, Timothy Garton Ash

Contributor

• Garton Ash, Timothy
• Garton Ash, Timothy
• McCarthy, Rory, 1971-
• McCarthy, Rory, 1971-
• Roberts, Adam, 1940-
• Roberts, Adam, 1940-
• Willis, Michael J., (Lecturer)
• Willis, Michael J., (Lecturer)

Subject

• Arab Spring (2010-)
• Arab Spring, 2010-
• Arab Spring, 2010-
• Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 21st century
• Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 21st century
• Arabiska våren 2010-
• Arabländerna
• Civil disobedience -- Africa, North
• Civil disobedience -- Africa, North
• Civil disobedience -- Middle East
• Civil disobedience -- Middle East
• Civil olydnad
• Government, Resistance to -- Africa, North
• Government, Resistance to -- Africa, North
• Government, Resistance to -- Middle East
• Government, Resistance to -- Middle East
• Revolutions -- Arab countries -- History -- 21st century
• Revolutions -- Arab countries -- History -- 21st century

Language

eng

Summary

Civil resistance, especially in the form of massive peaceful demonstrations, was at the heart of the Arab Spring-the chain of events in the Middle East and North Africa that erupted in December 2010. It won some notable victories: popular movements helped to bring about the fall of authoritarian governments in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen. Yet these apparent triumphs of non-violent action were followed by disasters-wars in Syria, anarchy in Libya and Yemen, reversion to authoritarian rule in Egypt, and counter-revolution backed by external intervention in Bahrain. Looming over these events was the enduring divide between the Sunni and Shi'a branches of Islam. Why did so much go wrong? Was the problem the methods, leadership and aims of the popular movements, or the conditions of their societies? In this book, experts on these countries, and on the techniques of civil resistance, set the events in their historical, social and political contexts. They describe how governments and outside powers-including the US and EU-responded, how Arab monarchies in Jordan and Morocco undertook to introduce reforms to avert revolution, and why the Arab Spring failed to spark a Palestinian one

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ERASA

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illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography