The people want : a radical exploration of the Arab Uprising
?The people want ...': the first part of the slogan chanted by millions of Arab protestors since 2011 revealed a longrepressed craving for democracy. But huge social and economic problems were also laid bare by the protesters' demands. Although Islamist parties did not initiate the protest...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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New York : Saqi,
2013
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| Schlagworte: | Arab countries -- Economic conditions -- 21st century Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 21st century Arab Spring, 2010 Information technology -- Political aspects -- Arab countries Protest movements -- Arab countries -- History -- 21st century Revolutions -- Arab countries -- History -- 21st century Unemployment -- Arab countries Youth -- Political activity -- Arab countries Electronic books |
| Umfang: | Online-Ressource (304 p) |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Cover; Title; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Uprisings and Revolutions; 1. Fettered Development; The Facts; Poverty, Inequality, Precarity; Informal Sector and Unemployment: The Bouazizi Syndrome; Youth Underemployment; Female Underemployment; Graduate Unemployment; Fetters on Development; 2. The Peculiar Modalities of Capitalism in the Arab Region; The Problem of Investment; Public and Private Investment; A Specific Variant of the Capitalist Mode of Production; 1. Rentier and Patrimonial States
- 2. A Politically Determined Capitalism: Nepotism and RiskThe Genesis of the Specific Regional Variant of Capitalism: An Overview; 3. Regional Political Factors; The Oil Curse; From "Arab Despotic Exception" to "Democracy Promotion"; The Muslim Brothers, Washington and the Saudis; The Muslim Brothers, Washington and Qatar; Al Jazeera and the Upheaval in the Arab Mediascape; 4. Actors And Parameters of the Revolution; Overdetermination and Subjective Conditions; The Workers' Movement and Social Struggles; New Actors and New Information and Communication Technologies; States and Revolutions
- 5. A Provisional Balance Sheet of the Arab UprisingCoups d'État and Revolutions; Provisional Balance Sheet No. 1: Tunisia; Provisional Balance Sheet No. 2: Egypt; Provisional Balance Sheet No. 3: Yemen; Provisional Balance Sheet No. 4: Bahrain; Provisional Balance Sheet No. 5: Libya; Provisional Balance Sheet No. 6: Syria; 6. Co-Opting the Uprising; Washington and the Muslim Brothers, Take Two; Nato, Libya, and Syria; The "Islamic Tsunami" and the Difference between Khomeini and Morsi; Conclusion: The Future of the Arab Uprising; The Difference between Erdogan and Ghannouchi ...
- ... And the Difference between Erdogan and MorsiConditions for a Genuine Solution; Notes; References and Sources; Index; Copyright