Social Movements, Mobilization, and Contestation in the Middle East and North Africa

by Frédéric Vairel

Book Overview

The Middle East and North Africa have become places that almost everyone "knows" something about. Too frequently written off as culturally defined by Islam, strongly anti-Western, and uniquely susceptible to irrational political radicalism, authoritarianism, and terrorism--these regions are rarely considered as sites of social and political mobilization. However, this new volume reveals a rich array of mobilizations that neither lead inexorably toward...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804775257
• ISBN13: 9780804775250
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"