Arab revolutions and beyond : the Middle East and reverberations in the Americas /: the Middle East and reverberations in the Americas. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sabah Alnasseri, editor.
• Editors: Alnasseri, Sabah
• Contents: Dedication; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; Multiple Crises; A Project in the Making; The Project; A Non-Positivist Hypothesis; Note; Bibliography; Chapter 2: The Geopolitical Economy of the Arab Revolutions; Forces of Revolution; US Empire?; Or Geopolitical Economy?; The Geopolitical Economy of the Arab Revolutions; Oil and Imperialism in MENA Before the 1970s; Declinism, 'Hegemony', and the Unhinging of US Middle East Policy; From the Hubris of 'Empire' ... ; ... To the Fall; Bibliography. Chapter 3: 'Dignity' as Glocal Civic Virtue: Redefining Democracy Through Cosmopolitics in the Era of Neoliberal GovernmentalityIntroduction; Genealogy of a Concept: 'Lost Dignity', Honour and the Modality of Generosity; Reconceptualizing Dignity as Glocal Civic Virtue: The Arab Al Karamah and the Greek Axioprepeia; Dealing with Religiousness and Secularism While Shaping Citizenship in the MENA Region; In the Way to the Greek 'Referendum of Dignity': National Pride and Social Rights Before Direct Democracy, Solidarity Movements, and the Fascist Golden Dawn. Revolution Plus Democracy: A New Paradigm?Rupture; Repetition; Public Space as Cognitive and Embodied Experiences: The Squares as Total Intermediary-Residue Political Practices; Transindividual Empowerment: Practical Reasoning and Emotional Experiences; Embodied Passions and Glocal Cosmopolitics; Dignity, as Civic Virtue Recovery Beyond the West and the Rest; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 4: The Arab Revolutions of 2011 and Iran 2009: Identities and Differences; 2011 As a World-Historical Moment; The Arab Revolutions of 2011 and Since. The Iranian Upheaval of 2009: Identities and Differences with the Arab RevolutionsNote; Bibliography; Chapter 5: Human Rights from Below and International Poverty Law: Comparative Aspects of the Arab Spring and the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, and Their Lessons for Latin America and Mexico; Introduction; Arab and Latin American Springs, Egypt and Mexico; Central Argument and Research Questions; Hogra and Indignation; Poverty and Recent Global Regressions in Human Rights; Poverty as Violence. Poverty as Crime Against Humanity and the Right to be Human: Ethical and Philosophical Frameworks as Necessary but InsufficientEpistemological and Methodological Issues: Human Rights from Below; The Latin American Spring; The Poverty of Rights, International Poverty Law, and Global Justice: International Poverty Law as a Framework for Convergence; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 6: Public Space Without Demands: Understanding Traveling Theory and Practice in Occupy and Transnational Protests; Transnational Diffusion and the Travels of Movement Theory and Practice.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 909.0974927082; Political science; Revolutions -- Arab countries; International relations; Peace; Economic policy; HISTORY -- World; Diplomatic relations; Revolutions; Social conditions; Political Science -- Peace; Social Science -- General; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy; Political Science -- General; Peace studies & conflict resolution; Cultural studies; Political economy; Politics & government; Political science & theory; Political Science -- International Relations -- General; International relations; Arab countries -- Social conditions; Arab countries -- Foreign relations -- North America; North America -- Foreign relations -- Arab countries; Arab countries; North America; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137591500; 1137591501; 1137592397; 9781137592392
• Related ISBNs: 9781137592392; 1137592397
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 13, 2016).
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