The battle for the Arab Spring : revolution, counter-revolution and the making of a new era
"The Arab Spring of 2011 unleashed a torrent of hope, change -- and conflict. A year on, the excitement of new freedoms has given way to a complex picture ranging from gradual democratization to vicious repression, and a mounting frustration that, despite transformations in the pollitical spher...
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| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press ,
c2013
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| Edition: | Rev. and updated ed |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. An Arab Malaise
- 2. Bread, oil and jobs
- 3. The media revolution
- 4. Tunisia's Jasmine revolution
- 5. Egypt : the pharaoh falls
- 6. Bahrain : an island divided
- 7. Libya's revolution from above
- 8. Disintegrating Yemen
- 9. The struggle for Syria
- 10. The kings' dilemma
- 11. The Islamic resurgence
- 12. Embracing the void