Bahrain's Uprising : resistance and repression in the Gulf /: resistance and repression in the Gulf. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ala'a Shehabi and Marc Owen Jones.
• Editors: Shehabi, Ala'a; Jones, Marc Owen
• Contents: Foreword: On the Prelude to the 14 February Uprising -- Abdulhadi Khalaf Introduction: Bahrain's Uprising, the Struggle for Democracy in the Gulf -- Ala'a Shehabi and Marc Owen Jones Part I: Voices of the Condemned1. A Trial of Thoughts and Ideas -- Ibrahim Sharif 2. God After Ten O'Clock -- 'Ali Al Jallawi 3. A Room with a Wiew: An Eyewitness to the Pearl Uprising -- Tony Mitchell Part II: Configuring Dissent: Charting Movements, Space, and Self-Representation in Bahrain4. Shifting Contours of Activism and Possibilities for Justice in Bahrain -- Luke G.G. Bhatia and Ala'a Shehabi 5. The Many Afterlives of Lulu: The Story of Bahrain's Pearl Roundabout -- Amal Khalaf 6. Tn Tn Ttn and Torture in Bahrain: Puncturing the Spectacle of the 'Arab Spring' -- John Horne Part III: Suppressing Dissent in an Acceptable Manner: Modes of Repression, Foreign Involvement and Institutional Violence7. On the Side of Decency and Democracy: The History of British-Bahraini Relations and Transnational Contestation -- Zoe Holman 8. Rotten Apples or Rotten Orchards: Police Deviance, Brutality, and Unaccountability in Bahrain -- Marc Owen Jones 9. Social Media, Surveillance, and Cyberpolitics in the Bahrain uprising -- Marc Owen Jones
• Publisher Details: London, UK : Zed Books Ltd
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 953.65; Political activism; HISTORY -- Middle East -- General; Politics and government; Bahrain -- Politics and government; Bahrain; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783604357; 1783604352; 9781783604364; 1783604360
• Related ISBNs: 9781783604340
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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