Political identities and popular uprisings in the Middle East / edited by Shabnam J. Holliday and Philip Leech. - xi, 216 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-208) and index.

Introduction / Shabnam J. Holliday and Philip Leech -- Divided we stand? : the heterogeneous political identities of Iran's 2009-2010 uprisings / Shabnam J. Holliday and Paola Rivetti -- The spring in Sulaimani : Kurdish protest and political identities / Nicole F. Watts -- Underlying fragility : the absence of hegemony and popular demonstrations in the West Bank, 2011-12 / Philip Leech -- Israeli grassroots activism : recent waves of protests, and heterogeneous political identities / Giulia Daniele -- From Ba'thist nationalism to new Syrian identities : how the emerging Syrian civil society defines itself / Lorenzo Trombetta -- Political identities and the uprising in Yemen / Fernando Carvajal -- In want of the people : Tahrir as a revolutionary reconstitution of the Egyptian national-popular subject / Brecht De Smet -- The Tunisian uprising, Ennahdha, and the revival of an Arab-Islamic identity / Rory McCarthy -- Conclusion / Shabnam J. Holliday and Philip Leech.

"Explores the articulation of identity in the context of popular uprisings in the Middle East, going beyond a focus on the Arab Spring"--Provided by publisher.

9781783484485 1783484489 9781783484492 1783484497

40026038502

2015042495


2000-2099


Group identity--Political aspects--Middle East.
Protest movements--Middle East.
Demonstrations--Middle East.
Political activists--Middle East.
Revolutions--Middle East.
Political culture--Middle East.
Demonstrations.
Group identity--Political aspects.
Political activists.
Political culture.
Politics and government.
Protest movements.
Revolutions.
Aufstand
Politischer Protest
Arabischer Frühling
Politische Bewegung
Politische Identität
Politiska förhållanden.
Gruppidentitet--politiska aspekter.
Proteströrelser.
Revolutioner.


Middle East--Politics and government--21st century.
Middle East.
Naher Osten

DS63.123 / .P66 2016

322.40956