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Protest and Mass Mobilization - Authoritarian Collapse and Political Change in North Africa (Paperback)
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Protest and Mass Mobilization - Authoritarian Collapse and Political Change in North Africa (Paperback)
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Why and how do some acts of protest trigger mass mobilization while
others do not? Using the cases of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and
Libya, Mekouar argues that successful mass mobilization is the
result of a surprise factor, whose impact and exceptionality is
amplified by the presence of influential political agents during
the early phase of protest, as well as by regime violence and
unusual media coverage. Together this study argues that these
factors create a perception of exceptionality, which breaks the
locally available cognitive heuristic originally in favor of the
regime, and thus creates the necessary conditions for mobilization
to occur. This book provides a unique dialectical picture of
mobilization in North Africa by focusing both on the perspective of
those who mobilized against their local regimes and members of the
security forces who were responsible for stopping them. Moreover,
it offers a first-hand account of the tumultuous days preceding
authoritarian collapse and explains the mechanisms through which
political change occurs.
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