The emerging literature on the so-called Arab Spring has largely focused on the evolution of the uprisings in cities and power centres. In order to reach a more diversified and inner understanding of the Arab Spring, this edited book examines how peripheries have reacted and contributed to the historical dynamics at work in the Middle East and North Africa. It rejects the idea that the Arab Spring is a unitary process and shows that it consists of diverse Springs which differed in terms of opportunity structure, strategies of a variance of actors, and outcomes. This book looks at...
The emerging literature on the so-called Arab Spring has largely focused on the evolution of the uprisings in cities and power centres. In order to...
This compelling analysis of the modern Middle East - based on research in 19 archives and numerous languages - shows the transition from an internal history characterised by local realities that were plural and multidimensional, and where identities were flexible and hybrid, to a simplified history largely imagined and imposed by external actors. This version of history is distinguished by the politicisation of these identities with the aim of better grasping and, ultimately, controlling them. The author shows - mainly through a study of key moments, including the germs of competing...
This compelling analysis of the modern Middle East - based on research in 19 archives and numerous languages - shows the transition from an internal h...
In this edited book, several leading scholars address a number of security-related issues, all connected to one main research question: What (in)security means from the perspective of people living in the Middle East and North Africa? In doing so, the contributors shed light on the contours of a stable and legitimate order that responds to the needs of the peoples in the region, on what history tells us about the ongoing debates on security and stability in the region, and, last but not least, on "human security", which encompasses the dimension of human rights, political rights and...
In this edited book, several leading scholars address a number of security-related issues, all connected to one main research question: What (in)secur...
