Nadine Sika

Youth Activism and Contentious Politics in Egypt (eBook, ePUB)

Dynamics of Continuity and Change

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

During the Arab uprisings of late 2010 and early 2011, nine regimes throughout North Africa and the Middle East were confronted by major demonstrations and contentious events. When the uprisings began in Egypt, it became evident that youth movements were going to play a large part in the uprisings themselves, as well as the ensuing political and social changes. In this book, Nadine Sika demonstrates how youth movements initiated contestation, and how the regime in Egypt reacted through a display of authoritarian resilience, creating opportunities, threats to and constraints on the ability of youth movements to mobilize and to network. On the other hand, she explores how youth movement's repertoires can cause a regime to adapt, upgrade, or downgrade its authoritarian tools in an attempt to control, co-opt, or disempower the movement, highlighting how a regime's perception of a threat can propel it towards either defensive or offensive strategies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108311335
• Artikelnr.: 49059943

Autorenporträt

Nadine Sika is Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics at the American University in Cairo (AUC), and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Institution for Public Opinion Polling 'Baseera'. She was previously Humboldt Foundation Visiting Fellow at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik in Berlin (SWP), and was also a guest scholar at the Political Science Institute at Universität Tübingen. She is the co-editor (with Eberhard Kienle) of The Arab Uprisings: Transforming and Challenging State Power (2015). Her recent articles have appeared in Mediterranean Politics, The Journal of North African Studies and the British Journal of Middle East Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. New approaches to contentious politics
2. The context of mobilization
3. Repertoires of contention
4. Political attitudes of youth activists
5. Mobilization networks
6. Activism and contentious politics in Bahrain, Algeria, Jordan, and Morocco.