Arab revolutions and beyond : the Middle East and reverberations in the Americas by Alnasseri, Sabah, editor instant download
1 online resource, Brings together global perspectives on twenty-first century Arab revolutions to theoretically and methodologically link these contemporary uprisings to resistance and protest movements worldwide, above all in the Americas. In their analyses of these transformations, the international contributors engage in an exploration of a variety of themes such as social movements and cultures of resistance, geopolitical economics, civic virtue, identity building, human rights, and foreign economic and political influence. What is the historical significance of these revolutions? What are the implications beyond the Middle East? And how are struggles in other regions of the world being influenced by these events?, Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 13, 2016), Includes bibliographical references and index, Dedication; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; Multiple Crises; A Project in the Making; The Project; A Non-Positivist Hypothesis; Note; Bibliography; Chapter 2: The Geopolitical Economy of the Arab Revolutions; Forces of Revolution; US Empire?; Or Geopolitical Economy?; The Geopolitical Economy of the Arab Revolutions; Oil and Imperialism in MENA Before the 1970s; Declinism, 'Hegemony', and the Unhinging of US Middle East Policy; From the Hubris of 'Empire' ... ; ... To the Fall; Bibliography, Chapter 3: 'Dignity' as Glocal Civic Virtue: Redefining Democracy Through Cosmopolitics in the Era of Neoliberal GovernmentalityIntroduction; Genealogy of a Concept: 'Lost Dignity', Honour and the Modality of Generosity; Reconceptualizing Dignity as Glocal Civic Virtue: The Arab Al Karamah and the Greek Axioprepeia; Dealing with Religiousness and Secularism While Shaping Citizenship in the MENA Region; In the Way to the Greek 'Referendum of Dignity': National Pride and Social Rights Before Direct Democracy, Solidarity Movements, and the Fascist Golden Dawn, Revolution Plus Democracy: A New…
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