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Social Movements, Mobilization, and Contestation in the Middle East and North Africa
(Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures)
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Before the 2011 uprisings, the Middle East and North Africa were frequently seen as a uniquely undemocratic region with little civic activism. The first edition of this volume, published at the start of the Arab Spring, challenged these views by revealing a region rich with social and political mobilizations. This fully revised second edition extends the earlier exploratio
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Paperback, 2nd Edition, 352 pages
Published
August 21st 2013
by Stanford University Press
(first published April 21st 2011)
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As with most academic compilations, some essays were better than others. Anne Marie Baylouny's chapter on the women of Hizbullah was particularly good. I appreciated, also, the sensitivity shown to the individual stories and experiences of the men and women of the rebellions. So often, we only hear the "official" points of view.
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