The Arab Spring, Civil Society, and Innovative Activism. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Cenap Çakmak.
• Editors: Çakmak, Cenap
• Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. "Dogs of Wall Street, Let Us Alone": Graffiti in Cold War Baghdad, 1953 -- 3. When Pundits Fail: "We Are All Khalid Said" and the Challenge of Democratizing Egypt -- 4. Civil Society and Political Change in Contemporary Egypt -- 5. Social Media and the Arab Spring in Bahrain: From Mobilization to Confrontation -- 6. The Middle Eastern Gender Gap: The State of Female Political Participation Before, During and After the 'Arab Spring' -- 7. The Arab Spring through a Libyan Prism: Contagion, Cleavages and Adverse Transition -- 8. Re-imagining the 'state' of Syria during the first year of the uprising (2011-2012) -- 9. Rooted in History: The Politics of Middle Eastern and North African Soccer -- 10. Civil State in the post Arab Spring Countries: Tunisia, Egypt and Libya -- 11. Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 320.956; Political science; Democracy; World politics; Africa -- Politics and government; Middle East -- Politics and government; Political Science and International Relations; Middle Eastern Politics; Political History; African Politics; Democracy; Democracy; Political science; World politics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1137571772; 9781137571779
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
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