Houses built on sand : violence, sectarianism and revolution in the Middle East

Houses built on sand violence, sectarianism and revolution in the Middle East

The events of the Arab Uprisings posed an existential challenge to sovereign power across the Middle East. Whilst some regimes were able to withstand these challenges through recourse to coercive strategies, others were toppled. This book questions why some regimes fell whilst others were able to su...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Mabon, Simon, author (author), Mabon, Simon, contributor (contributor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press 2020
2020.
Colección:Identities and geopolitics in the Middle East.
Materias:
Political violence > Middle East.
Arab spring, 2010-
Power (Social sciences) > Middle East.
Middle East > Politics and government > 1979-
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430279306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. The politics of sovereignty and space
  • 2. Letters and declarations
  • 3. Ink on paper
  • 4. The dawla and the umma
  • 5. Building Beirut, transforming Jerusalem and breaking Basra
  • 6. The people want the fall of the regime
  • 7. The regime fights back
  • 8. Houses built on sand
  • Conclusion: the end of the dream
  • Selected bibliography
  • Index.

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