Contentious Politics and the Syrian Crisis: Internationalization and Militarization of the Conflict

  • Jasmine Gani
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Abstract

The contentious politics framework poses two central questions: Why does the emergence of contentious politics sometimes fail to make the transition into a social movement? Why and how does it get repressed, and how does that transform the nature of contentious politics? This chapter applies these core questions to the case of the Syrian uprisings of 2011 and the subsequent conflict. The first part considers the domestic context and explains the trajectory of Syria’s contentious politics through the strategies of the opposition and the regime. What are the factors and events that have been obstructive and counterproductive to the development of the early uprisings into an effective social movement?

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Social Movement Middle East Security Force Political Opportunity Opposition Group 
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