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Arab Revolutions and World Transformations (Hardcover, New)
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Arab Revolutions and World Transformations (Hardcover, New)
Series: Rethinking Globalizations
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Stories about institutions and regimes that have failed us are
echoing worldwide. This book critically engages the multiple
uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) following the
self-immolation of Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi in
December 2010. It brings together authors who critically analyse
the unstoppable force unleashed in the streets of Tunisia, Egypt,
Bahrain, Syria, Libya and Yemen. This book analyses the roots and
trajectory of the recent revolts in the context of the global
transformations that have redefined the politics of movement and
revolution. For example, some authors engage extensively with the
strategies embraced by the younger generation of activists. Others
argue that the power of these revolutions lies in the people's
creative orientations including their collaborations. While much of
the mobilization efforts in these different parts of the world
happen through word of mouth, radio, cartoons, placards, and SMS
services; sites such as Facebook helped people meet each other with
a click, carrying their claims through stories, songs, poetry and
art of protest across international borders quickly enabling them
to rapidly bring authoritarian regimes to the brink of collapse and
make a qualitatively different expression of uprisings. All authors
in this volume address the question of the stakes in these revolts,
as through them, spectacular and everyday violence can be
challenged, and alternative social projects can emerge. Neither a
footnote to the West's history, nor an appendix to neoliberal
capitalist global projects, people are actively drawing on their
power to disrupt domination and oppression, creatively responding
to global problems and calling for democratic institutions with
viable ecologies. This book was published as a special issue of
Globalizations.
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