Diasporic Social Mobilization and Political Participation During the Arab Uprisings

ISBN-13: 9781138306684 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 138 str.

Claire Beaugrand; Vincent Geisser

Opis

This book analyses the understudied role of Arab diasporas during the Arab protest movements of 2010-2011. It offers perspectives on the nexus between immigration, integration and political engagement. It was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies.

Spis treści

Introduction: Social Mobilization and Political Participation in the Diaspora During the "Arab Spring"  1. Moroccan Diaspora in France and the February 20 Movement in Morocco  2. The U.S. Coptic Diaspora and the Limit of Polarization  3. Diaspora Mobilization for Western Military Intervention During the Arab Spring  4. To What Extent Can the January 25 Revolution Be Seen as a "Bifurcation" in the Life Stories of Egyptian Migrants in France?  5. Algiers–Paris Round Trips: Diasporic Pathways of a Public Civil Dissidence  6. Building Support for the Asad Regime: The Syrian Diaspora in Argentina and Brazil and the Syrian Uprising  7. Diaspora Mobilizations in the Egyptian (Post)Revolutionary Process: Comparing Transnational Political Participation in Paris and Vienna

O autorze

Claire Beaugrand is a researcher at the Institut Français du Proche Orient, Jerusalem, Israel. She is one of the core team members of the European research Council-funded ‘When Authoritarianism Fails in the Arab World’ (WAFAW) project. Her research focuses on issues of nationality, transnational networks, political exiles and social margins as entry points to understand the evolution of internal and external. Vincent Geisser is a research fellow at the CNRS, based at the Institut Français du Proche Orient, Jerusalem, Israel. He is a core team member of the European research Council-funded ‘When Authoritarianism Fails in the Arab World’ (WAFAW) project, in charge of its programme on "Diasporas and Arab revolutions and transitions".