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Studies the new wave of revolutions in the MENA region from a comparative perspective
Offers case studies on various countries in the MENA region
Examines the causes of this wave and its world-system context
Part of the book series: Perspectives on Development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region (PDMENA)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This book offers a comparative perspective on the new wave of revolutions in the MENA region. Recently, a new wave of revolutions has swept the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, comparable in some respects to the events of the Arab Spring. Revolutionary events have significantly changed the political regimes in Sudan, Algeria and Mali, while Lebanon and Iraq have also witnessed serious revolutionary episodes. Further, a new quality of protests has manifested in Iran, Egypt, Morocco and Jordan.
Presenting a variety of country studies, this book identifies similarities and differences between the events of the Arab Spring and the current upheavals in the MENA region and examines their causes and world-system context. It also analyzes the motivating forces, goals and organizational forms of the protesters and other actors involved, as well as the political and economic consequences of these revolutionary events. Moreover, it seeks to understand why some countries that were actively involved in the Arab Spring have remained largely unaffected by these developments. The book appeals to scholars of political science with a focus on comparative politics, Middle Eastern politics and political sociology.
Keywords
- Middle East and North Africa
- Revolutions
- MENA region
- Protests
- Arab Spring
- Arab autumn
- Islamism
- Destabilization
- Revolutionary waves
- Social movements
- Nonviolent campaigns
- Political violence
- The World System
- Political change
- Theories of revolution
- Social change
Editors and Affiliations
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HSE University and Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Leonid Issaev, Andrey Korotayev
About the editors
Leonid Issaev is Senior Lecturer and Deputy Chair of the Laboratory for Sociopolitical Destabilization Risk Monitoring at HSE University (Russia) and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. He is a member of the Scientific Council of the Russian Political Sciences Association (RPSA) and the Russian Sociological Society, he teaches courses on Islamic political philosophy and on political systems and political processes in the Arab world.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: New Wave of Revolutions in the MENA Region
Book Subtitle: A Comparative Perspective
Editors: Leonid Issaev, Andrey Korotayev
Series Title: Perspectives on Development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15135-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-15134-7Published: 06 November 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-15137-8Due: 20 November 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-15135-4Published: 05 November 2022
Series ISSN: 2520-1239
Series E-ISSN: 2520-1247
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 274
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Comparative Politics, Middle Eastern Politics, Political Sociology, Terrorism and Political Violence