Life as Politics: How Ordinary People Change the Middle East, Second EditionStanford University Press, 01/05/2013 - 392 من الصفحات Prior to 2011, popular imagination perceived the Muslim Middle East as unchanging and unchangeable, frozen in its own traditions and history. In Life as Politics, Asef Bayat argues that such presumptions fail to recognize the routine, yet important, ways in which ordinary people make meaningful change through everyday actions. First published just months before the Arab Spring swept across the region, this timely and prophetic book sheds light on the ongoing acts of protest, practice, and direct daily action. The second edition includes three new chapters on the Arab Spring and Iran's Green Movement and is fully updated to reflect recent events. At heart, the book remains a study of agency in times of constraint. In addition to ongoing protests, millions of people across the Middle East are effecting transformation through the discovery and creation of new social spaces within which to make their claims heard. This eye-opening book makes an important contribution to global debates over the meaning of social movements and the dynamics of social change. |
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... revolutionary moments . A new Middle East may now be on the horizon , a Middle East informed not only by the actions of the elites , military men , or foreign intrigues but a region influenced by the ordinary people . Change is no ...
... revolutionary trajectories . The current political upheavals in the region seem to exhibit a “ refo - lutionary ” character ; one that may both constrain and open opportunities for the future of democracy in the Middle East ...
... revolutionary transformation through a sudden upsurge of popular energy to overturn the unjust structures of power and usher in development and democracy . If the Iranian Revolution , not so long ago , could sweep aside a long ...
... revolutionary movements . People often express doubt about engaging in revolution , whose outcome they cannot foresee . They often prefer to remain “ free riders , " wanting others to carry out revo- lutions on their behalf ...
... revolutionary waves of 1848 and 1989 in Europe . The monumental revolts in Tunisia , Egypt , Yemen , and Libya toppled long- standing dictators ; and those in Syria , Bahrain , Morocco , Jordan , and Algeria shook the foundation of ...
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Part 1 Social NonMovements | 31 |
Part 2 Street Politics and the Political Street | 151 |
Part 3 Revolutions | 239 |
Notes | 317 |
Index | 369 |