Microfoundations of the Arab Uprisings: Mapping Interactions between Regimes and Protesters
Microfoundations of the Arab Uprisings: Mapping Interactions between Regimes and Protesters
edited by Frédéric Volpi and James Jasper
Amsterdam University Press, 2017 eISBN: 978-90-485-3616-0 | Cloth: 978-94-6298-513-1 Library of Congress Classification JQ1850.A9M53 2017
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
This book brings together a roster of prominent contributors to present a strategic interactionist perspective on the study of contentious politics in the Middle East in response to the Arab uprisings. The common thread among the contributions is an interest in the micro-level interactions between various strategic players, including not only the mobilisation of protestors during the uprisings but also the responses of regimes. The book also examines short to medium-term adaptations of the regimes and the collective action of opponents in the post-uprisings period, as well as the subsequent trajectories of the protesters themselves in the face of new forms of authoritarianism or democratisation.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Frédéric Volpi is Senior Lecturer in international politics at the School of International Relations of the University of St Andrews.James M. Jasper writes about culture, emotions, and politics, and teaches at the CUNY Graduate Center.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface by Frédéric Volpi and James M. JasperIntroduction: Rethinking Mobilization after the Arab Uprisings. James M. Jasper and Frédéric Volpi1: The Social Life of Contentious Ideas: Piracy and Unruly, Trans-Local Appropriation in the Arab Uprisings and Beyond. John Chalcraft2: Routines and Ruptures in Anti-Israeli Protests in Jordan. Jillian Schwedler3: Shaping Contention as a Salafi Movement: The Rise and Fall of Ansar al-Sharia in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia. Frédéric Volpi4: Contingency and Agency in a Turning Point Event: March 18th, 2011 in Daraa, Syria. Wendy Pearlman5: It Takes Two (or More) to Tango: the Local Coproduction of the Alexandrian Revolutionary Moment. Youssef El Chazli6: Violence, Social Actors, and Subjectivation in the Egyptian Revolution. Farhad KhosrokhavarConclusion: Unruly Protest. Charles Kurzman