The Arab Spring Abroad di Dana M. Moss edito da Cambridge University Press
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The Arab Spring Abroad

Diaspora Activism Against Authoritarian Regimes

EAN:

9781009272155

ISBN:

1009272152

Pagine:
294
Formato:
Paperback
Lingua:
Inglese
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Descrizione The Arab Spring Abroad

"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"--

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