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New opposition in the Middle East

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New opposition in the Middle East / Dara Conduit, Shahram Akbarzadeh, editors.

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Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
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xi, 216 pages; 22 cm

Summary

This book uses a Contentious Politics lens to examine patterns of political contestation since 2009 and 2011 among the Middle East's most important actors. The chapters ask questions in relation to the responsiveness of opposition groups to their political environments, the longterm legacies of authoritarianism, and whether the post-2009/2011 political environment is better or worse for Middle Eastern oppositions. It interrogates the ways in which oppositions have morphed in relation to this changed operating environment, subjectively interpreting the costs and benefits of contestation in order to maximise political opportunities. To some oppositions, changes in the power balance between regime structures and opposition agents led to unprecedented opportunity for political action, while for others, structures were galvanised to restrict activity. In total, the volume shows that even though the Arab Uprisings and Green Movement achieved few of their overt goals, the events unleashed smaller shifts across the region that have led to a fundamental change in the politics of contestation amongst the region's oppositions. Dara Conduit is an Associate Research Fellow at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University. Her work has been published in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, the Middle East Journal, the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies and International Community Law Review. Dr. Conduit holds a PhD from Monash University, an M. Litt from the University of St. Andrews, was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Cambridge in 2015 and has provided advice to the UN OHCHR's Working Group on Mercenaries. Shahram Akbarzadeh is Professor of Middle East & Central Asian Politics at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University, Australia. Prof. Akbarzadeh is author of Uzbekistan and the United States (2005), US Foreign Policy in the Middle East (2008 with Kylie Baxter) and Muslim Active Citizenship in the West (2014 with Mario Peucker). He is the founding Editor of the Islamic Studies Series and a regular public commentator. --

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Contentious politics and Middle Eastern oppositions after the uprisings -- The women's movement and state responses to contentious campaigns in Iran -- Pulling and gouging : the Sadrist Line's adaptable and evolving repertoire of contention -- Opposition party political dynamics in Egypt from the 2011 revolution to Sisi -- The rise and fall of Baharain's Al-Wefaq society : de-democratisiation and crackdown in a troubled Gulf state -- The Iranian reform movement since 2009 -- Surviving the Syrian uprising: the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood -- Nahda and Tunisian Islamic activism -- Conclusion.

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JFD 19-1081

ISBN

9811088209
9789811088209

LCCN

2018955152

OCLC

1023548421

Title

New opposition in the Middle East / Dara Conduit, Shahram Akbarzadeh, editors.

Publisher

Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]

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Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Added Author

Conduit, Dara, 1986- editor.

Akbarzadeh, Shahram, editor.

Research Call Number

JFD 19-1081

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