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Author : Dana M. Moss
Release : 2022-04-21
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis The Arab Spring Abroad by : Dana M. Moss
Download or read book The Arab Spring Abroad written by Dana M. Moss. This book was released on 2022-04-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moss presents a new theoretical framework for explaining when anti-authoritarian diaspora movements emerge and become transnational agents of change.
Author : Dana M Moss
Release : 2021-09
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Book Synopsis The Arab Spring Abroad by : Dana M Moss
Download or read book The Arab Spring Abroad written by Dana M Moss. This book was released on 2021-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has long fascinated Western observers, more often than not out of a sense of misguided curiosity. Owing to imperialism, Orientalism, and enduring stereotypes, commentary has revolved around a central query: Why is the region and its people so "backward"? The social sciences have remained focused on this question, albeit in a modified form, since the fall of the Soviet Union (Bayat 2013; Munif 2020). As researchers looked optimistically to a post-1989 future that appeared to be liberalizing, they asked why the wave of democracy sweeping the formerly colonized world had bypassed the MENA region. The answer provided, in one form or another, was that regimes led by autocrats, kings, and presidents-for-life were too powerful and the people too weak-too loyal, apathetic, divided, and tribal-to mount a credible challenge to authoritarian rule"--
Author : Dana M. Moss
Release : 2022-04-21
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis The Arab Spring Abroad by : Dana M. Moss
Download or read book The Arab Spring Abroad written by Dana M. Moss. This book was released on 2022-04-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arab Spring revolutions of 2011 sent shockwaves across the globe, mobilizing diaspora communities to organize forcefully against authoritarian regimes. Despite the important role that diasporas can play in influencing affairs in their countries of origin, little is known about when diaspora actors mobilize, how they intervene, or what makes them effective. This book addresses these questions, drawing on over 230 original interviews, fieldwork, and comparative analysis. Examining Libyan, Syrian, and Yemeni mobilization from the US and Great Britain before and during the revolutions, Dana M. Moss presents a new framework for understanding the transnational dynamics of contention and the social forces that either enable or suppress transnational activism. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Author : Lea Müller-Funk
Release : 2018-11-02
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Egyptian Diaspora Activism During the Arab Uprisings by : Lea Müller-Funk
Download or read book Egyptian Diaspora Activism During the Arab Uprisings written by Lea Müller-Funk. This book was released on 2018-11-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diaspora politics is often expressed as an emancipating experience and can therefore give agency to migrants. Yet, rather than interpreting transnational political practices as globally liberal or cosmopolitan, Müller-Funk’s findings underline that diaspora politics is a highly diverse political field which can reinforce political fragmentation among migrant collectivities. This volume explores the controversial topic of diaspora politics: the political activities of migrants who aim to influence the domestic or foreign policy of their country of origin. The revolutions in 2010/11 represented a major political upheaval in the Middle East, which politicised Arabs across borders on a grand scale. Müller-Funk explores the links between recent political developments in Egypt between 2011 and 2013 and emigration. More specifically, she examines the question of how the revolution in and its aftermath influenced emigrants’ political perceptions and actions regarding their homeland. The book takes an interdisciplinary macro and micro approach by investigating policies which influence migrants’ political transnational behavior as well as by looking at individual activists’ perspectives. This volume will be of great interest to scholars of international relations, security studies, political theory, politics and middle east studies.
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
Release : 2012-07-19
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis British foreign policy and the 'Arab Spring' by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
Download or read book British foreign policy and the 'Arab Spring' written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee. This book was released on 2012-07-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighteen months since the Arab Spring began, there has been extraordinary progress in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya. Yet many challenges still lie ahead, not least the need to support and reform the economies of these Arab Spring states. In 2011, the G8 Deauville Partnership identified $38 billion of funding available to support reform. The UK must use its leadership in the EU and G8 to ensure that we deliver on our promises. The Government needs to learn lessons from its experience in anticipating and handling the Arab Spring. Questions arose about the FCO's staffing levels, linguistic expertise and information gathering in the Middle East and North Africa region, although diplomats understood well the long-term problems in the region. The report welcomes the Government's recent moves to establish contacts with Islamist parties in the region and calls for deeper engagement to demonstrate at an early stage the UK's support and assistance for democratically elected leaders who respect human rights and democratic reforms. The BBC's Arabic Service further highlighted the importance of the BBC World Service in providing an independent news service and enhancing the UK's standing in the region. The Committee welcomes the Government's decision to reverse planned cuts to the Arabic Service last year, expresses concerns that cuts made elsewhere in the World Service will prove detrimental to the national interest, and urges that there be a sustained investment in the World Service
