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9%OFFFrédéric Volpi - Revolution and Authoritarianism in North Africa - 9781849046961 - V9781849046961
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Revolution and Authoritarianism in North Africa

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Description for Revolution and Authoritarianism in North Africa Paperback. Investigates how regimes in the Maghreb have kept dissent at bay, and the means by which their authority has been challenged. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JMG; HBJH; HBLX; HBTV; JPB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 312.
This book offers a much-needed corrective to dominant approaches to understanding political causality during episodes of intense social mobilisation, specifically with a North African context. Drawing on analyses of routine governance and of 'revolutionary' mobilisation in four countries of the Maghreb -- Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya -- before, during and after the 2011 uprisings, Volpi explains the different trajectories of these uprisings by showing how specific acts of protest created new arenas of contention that provided actors with new rationales, practices and, ultimately, identities. The book illustrates how the dynamics of revolutionary episodes are characterised by the social and ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849046961
SKU
V9781849046961
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About Frédéric Volpi
Frederic Volpi is Senior Lecturer in International Politics in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of Political Islam Observed, and has written for the Journal of Democracy, the Middle East Journal, Democratization, and International Studies Review, among others.

Reviews for Revolution and Authoritarianism in North Africa
Revolution and Authoritarianism looks beyond the deterministic approaches that have characterised studies of the Arab Spring and offers a much more nuanced set of explanations for the way in which events in North Africa have occurred and developed. Theoretically sophisticated and empirically well grounded, this is a genuine must-read for all those interested in the politics of the Arab Spring.' ... Read more

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