The common slogan of the protesters throughout arab spring was the people want to bring down the regime aissa, 2012. Contentious politics in the middle east popular resistance. Roots and causes of the arab uprisings there is a consensu s among politica l analysts regardin g the cocktai l of major factors that, when combined, created the socia l explosio n known as the 2011 arab uprisings. Beyond the arab spring 2 restricted competition models1 where winning is a means, political parties generally seek to win elections and assume executive power. Beyond the arab spring in north africa collects diverse studies with an emphasis on specificity. Jeffrey martini is a senior middle east researcher at the rand corporation, where he works on political and security issues in the arab world. Revolution and beyond a tahrir studies edition bahgat korany and rabab elmahdi abstract. Stories of change beyond the arab spring humanity house. A nation must think before it acts beyond dysfunction and devastation. Politics comes first gadi wolfsfeld 1, elad segev2, and tamir sheafer3 abstract the goal of this article is to place the role that social media plays in collective action within a more general theoretical structure, using the events of the arab spring as a case study. New media in contentious politics, and applies its fivelevel framework for studying and understanding the role of new media in political movements. At the time of writing, the arab spring has seen the collapse of four heads of the regions authoritarian regimes. Arab spring used their powers vehemently to crush the demonstrators and consequently the peaceful protesters also became violent. Population in the gulf, philippe fargues, director, migration policy centre, european university institute.
The arab spring occurred within the context of the unravelling of the dominant ruling bargain that emerged across the middle east in the 1950s. The arab spring and the subsequent wars in the region temporarily weakened ruling regimes egypt or led to the collapse of regional powers syria, libya, while the rise of daesh or the socalled islamic state of iraq and syria isis put the. This book analyzes the role and complexities of popular agency in the arab spring through the framework of contentious politics and social movement theory. This is being replaced by a new and in choate system that redefines sources of authority and. Ben alis in tunisia on 17 january, mubaraks in egypt on 11 february, qadhafis in libya on 23 august, and saleh in yemen. Do we have the right conceptual lenses to understand the region and its different. Digital use and mistrust in the aftermath of the arab spring. Mediation as a foreign policy tool in the arab spring. Turkey the arab spring and beyond download ebook pdf, epub. From egypt to india, and from botswana to london, worker, youth and middle class rebellions have taken on the political and bureaucratic status quo and the privilege of small, wealthy and often corrupt elites at a time when the majority can no longer earn a decent wage.
The panelists consider how a range of domestic and regional changes in the middle east have generated new challenges for u. We, representatives of 18 journalists unions in the arab. Womens political participation in the uprisings and beyond. Beyond the arab spring in north africa by daniel krizek. Authoritarianism and democratization in the arab world by rex brynen, pete w. The book has a general bibliography and some appendices of several historical documents of the period as well as a sample of tahrir slogans. Authoritarianism and democratization in the arab world by rex. Changes and challenges foreword this ebook is the result of a conference on the gulf region, domestic dynamics and globalregional perspectives. When the uprising against bashar al assad began as part of the arab spring, kurds participated, but after 2012, when they captured kobani from the syrian army, they withdrew most of their energy from the war against assad in order to set up a liberated area. Click download or read online button to get turkey the arab spring and beyond book now.
By bringing together historians, political scientists. Gulf countries domestic and international drivers of change. Aman, phd, professor, university of wisconsinmilwaukee uwm. Regional meeting of the international federation of journalists. To move beyond this arab spring legacy and regain a reputation for mediation and diplomacy, qatar may well have to step back from the regional leadership that was characteristic of dohas policies during and after the arab spring, and act instead as a. Some of the areas addressed through our efforts include. Rich, phd, president, policy studies organization pso, washington, dc mohammed m. Turkey, the arab spring and beyond 1st edition bulent. The arab spring and beyond human mobility, forced migration and institutional responses 20 march 2012 11. Apr 28, 2017 abstract this paper explores the failure of womens organizations to effect the improvement of the status of jordanian women during the arab spring. Instead, a new arab political identity with an antidespotic, pluralis t and democracyseekin g approach is dawning. Causes of the arab spring causes of the arab spring may be described as following.
The arab spring and beyond offers valuable empirical analyses by local academics, and it explains the dynamics of the revolution and reform attempts for north african countries in the arab spring. New directions in the middle east whittemore house washington d. Explores the aesthetic dimensions of the arab spring and the protest movements that followed. Beyond media effects find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Martini also spent a year as the north africa lead at the state departments bureau of conflict and stabilization operations. Arab spring, revolution, democratization, theory of resistance, rebellion, terrorism. Tunisia this guide lists online and print sources for what has become known as the arab spring, the popular revolutionary wave in the middle east and north africa that started in december 2010. Beyond western assumptions on collective agency and democratic politics armando salvatore search for more papers by this author.
These deal with the resistance and limits of authoritarian rule, group dynamics in tahrir, an attempt to go beyond the immediate and looking ahead. Twitter revolutions and cyber crackdowns usergenerated content and social networking in the arab spring and beyond alex comninos association for progressive communications apc june 2011 twitter revolutions and cyber crackdowns 1. But even more than that, blm is an apt test case for the idea that social media uniquely benefits oppressed populations. Beyond the arab spring the influence of transnational actors to promote rule consistent behaviour in the research of universal human rights master thesis anne vis thesis supervisor. Through an examination of the regimes political liberalization strategy, leadership failures within womens organizations, and international donor influence on programmatic focus, the underlying explanation for this failure is found to be. From the exploration of an array of institutions and social forces underpinning the uprisings to the examination of particularities of country cases, this volume covers a lot of ground. The 2011 arab uprisings represented the collapse of old ruling bargains across the arab world and the manifestation of demands for new premises of rule. But their purpose, relative success, and outcome remain hotly disputed in arab countries, among foreign observers, and between world powers looking to cash in on the changing map of the middle east. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. International journal of social sciences, iii1, 2014 the. This event is the 6th and final in a series of presentations on reshaping the. Pursuant to the latest cdc guidelines on the coronavirus covid19, fpri will not be holding any inperson events. The contributors to this book scrutinize the legitimacy of the arab regimes that experienced popular uprisings in 20102011 and discuss the consequences of public disenchantment with them. Request pdf on may, 2015, jacob hoigilt and others published beyond the arab spring.
The term arab spring, while controversial, has come to represent the events that have rocked this region since the beginning of 2011. The existence of an arab nation notwithstanding, different forms. This concluding chapter pulls the different threads together and treats egypt as a comparative case study. Chapters deal with a wide range of topics that include both minor as well as major themes.
To move beyond this arab spring legacy and regain a reputation for mediation and diplomacy, qatar may well have to step back from the regional leadership that was characteristic of dohas policies during and after the arab spring, and act instead as a facilitator of dialogue and quiet negotia. The majority of young people in africa are today living in waithood, a prolonged, difficult, and dynamic transition into adult life. Aug 28, 2019 the arab spring was a series of antigovernment protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across the middle east in early 2011. The first part is designed to contextualize the arab spring, while the second focuses on individual case studies. Today, with a new administration seemingly aimed at rewriting the rules of certain u. Implications for the european union, hosted by the robert schuman centre for advanced studies in spring 2015. To address the viability of these nonislamist, nondictatorial forces, the washington institute commenced publication in june 2015 of a series of scholarly papers.
Iraq, the arab spring, and lessons for today share. W i y research methodology and acknowledgements in the aftermath of the popular uprisings. Beyond the arab spring adds new dimensions and considerable depth to our understanding of the extraordinary events in the region since the first days of 2011. After recapitulating the books main vision, the contentious politics paradigm, it classifies in a table form the different patterns of arab protests. New media, the arab spring, and the metamorphosis of the public sphere. The state of jordanian womens organizationsfive years. Authoritarianism and democratization in the arab worldrex brynen, pete w. It builds on a previous report, published in 2010 by usip press, titled blogs and bullets. Coptic ethnological mobilization on the road to and beyond the january 25 revolution by ali zeynel gokpinar, m. Beyond the arab spring the evolving ruling bargain in the middle east edited by mehran kamrava. Request pdf on apr 1, 2018, mohammed alazdee and others published the arab spring. The role of information communication technologies in the arab spring implications beyond the region ponars eurasia policy memo no. The economics of the arab spring and its aftermath 5. The exhibition is an initiative from the world press photo, ministry of foreign affairs and humanity house and is made possible with the support of the dutch national postcode lottery.
Two years after the revolutions that changed the political landscape of the arab world, countries in the region are still struggling to address the core political and socioeconomic issues behind. The arab spring has been a fundamental event in the arab world and yet among middle east scholars, there is great intellectual and analytical debate about the degree of political change or continuity that the arab spring had produced. The gcc economic model in an age of austerity, steffen hertog, associate professor, london school of economics. Reform and capacity building in the turkish foreign ministry. But the biggest transformations of what has been labeled as the arab spring are yet to come. A bumpy road ahead pdf by hassan hakimian, director of the london middle east institute and reader, economics department, soas underscores the underlying importance of the economic conditions facing the new republics, such as egypt and tunisia, which are emerging as a result of the arab spring. Authoritarianism and democratization in the arab world. The exhibition stories of change beyond the arab spring presents various stories told through photographs and videos from the arab world. It is easy to read, and is recommended to academics, undergraduate, and graduate students and. The role of information communication technologies in the. The arab spring demonstrated that public opinion can powerfully affect the regions political life.
Societal context and prospects for a new paradigm of arab management. 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. Turkey the arab spring and beyond download ebook pdf. New media, the arab spring, and the metamorphosis of the. Download turkey the arab spring and beyond or read online books in pdf, epub, tuebl, and mobi format.
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