Providing a longue durée perspective on the Arab uprisings of 2011, Benoît Challand narrates the transformation of citizenship in the Arab Middle East, from a condition of latent citizenship in the colonial and post-independence era to the revolutionary dynamics that stimulated democratic particip...

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Main Author:	Challand, Benoît 1972- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge University Press 2023
Series:	Global Middle East (Cambridge, England)
Subjects:	Political participation / Arab countries Citizenship / Arab countries Political violence / Arab countries Arab Spring, 2010- Arab countries / Politics and government
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 URL des Erstveröffentlichers
Summary:	Providing a longue durée perspective on the Arab uprisings of 2011, Benoît Challand narrates the transformation of citizenship in the Arab Middle East, from a condition of latent citizenship in the colonial and post-independence era to the revolutionary dynamics that stimulated democratic participation. Considering the parallel histories of citizenship in Yemen and Tunisia, Challand develops innovative theories of violence and representation that view cultural representations as calls for a decentralized political order and democratic accountability over the security forces. He argues that a new collective imaginary emerged in 2011 when the people represented itself as the only legitimate power able to decide when violence ought to be used to protect all citizens from corrupt power. Shedding light upon uprisings in Yemen and Tunisia, but also elsewhere in the Middle East, this book offers deeper insights into conceptions of violence, representation, and democracy
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Feb 2023)
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 462 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781108780421
DOI:	10.1017/9781108780421