Urban Unrest in the Middle East: A Comparative Study of Informal Networks in Egypt, Iran, and Lebanon

by Guilain Denoeux

Book Overview

This book offers a systematic examination of the politics of Middle Eastern cities in a broad historical and comparative context. Focusing on the contribution of informal networks, the author examines four types. He reveals that, contrary to recent claims, informal associations do not necessarily play a stabilizing role in urban politics, but reveal themselves to be effective instruments for mobilizing popular dissent. Denoeux identifies conditions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791415236
• ISBN13: 9780791415238
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"