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100 _aROBERTS, ADAM ETAL
245 0 0 _aCivil Resistance in the Arab Spring :
260 _aNEW YORK
_bOXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
_c2016
300 _axvi, 320 pages :
_billustrations ;
520 _aCivil 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.
650 0 _aArab Spring, 2010-
650 0 _aCivil disobedience
650 0 _aCivil disobedience
650 0 _aGovernment, Resistance to
650 0 _aGovernment, Resistance to
650 0 _aRevolutions
650 7 _aArabiska våren 2010-
650 7 _aCivil olydnad.
700 1 _aRoberts, Adam.
700 1 _aWillis, Michael J.
700 1 _aMcCarthy, Rory,
700 1 _aGarton Ash, Timothy.
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