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Revolts and the Military in the Arab Spring: Popular Uprisings and the Politics of Repressions
Sean Burns
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hardcover. The Arab Spring, which swept across the Middle East between 2010 and 2012, demonstrated the extent to which military structure and decision-making determine whether peaceful uprisings lead to democratisation, renewed authoritarianism, collapse or civil war. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JM; HBTV; JFSR2; JPH; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Through detailed exploration of events in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, Syria and Yemen, Sean Burns here breaks down the concept of professionalism within the armed forces into its component parts and demonstrates how variation in military structures determines their behaviour. In so doing, and by emphasising historical context and drawing on a wide range of political science theory, Burns sheds fresh light onto the ways in which military structure affects the potential for democratic transition or the course of civil war. With this book he presented a wide-ranging study of the Middle East which provides key tools to understanding the ... Read more
Through detailed exploration of events in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, Syria and Yemen, Sean Burns here breaks down the concept of professionalism within the armed forces into its component parts and demonstrates how variation in military structures determines their behaviour. In so doing, and by emphasising historical context and drawing on a wide range of political science theory, Burns sheds fresh light onto the ways in which military structure affects the potential for democratic transition or the course of civil war. With this book he presented a wide-ranging study of the Middle East which provides key tools to understanding the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784538934
SKU
9781784538934
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About Sean Burns
Sean Burns received his PhD from Northwestern University in Illinois and is currently aVisiting Assistant Professor at the College of William and Mary. He has previously published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at conferences internationally on military structures and many other areas of Middle East politics.
Reviews for Revolts and the Military in the Arab Spring: Popular Uprisings and the Politics of Repressions
'After years of neglect, the study of civil-military relations in the Middle East has reemerged as an important area of study in the wake of the 2011 Arab uprisings. This book successfully brings together significant theoretical insights about the roles that Arab militaries played in the uprisings alongside an impressive range of case studies. Grounded in a robust theoretical framework, ... Read more