Political identities and popular uprisings in the Middle East /

"Explores the articulation of identity in the context of popular uprisings in the Middle East, going beyond a focus on the Arab Spring"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Holliday, Shabnam J. (Editor), Leech, Philip, 1984- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield International Ltd., [2016]
Subjects:	Middle East > Politics and government > 21st century. Group identity > Political aspects > Middle East. Protest movements > Middle East. Demonstrations > Middle East. Political activists > Middle East. Revolutions > Middle East. Political culture > Middle East. Demonstrations. Group identity > Political aspects. Political activists. Political culture. Politics and government. Protest movements. Revolutions. Middle East. 2000 - 2099

Table of Contents:

Introduction / Shabnam J. Holliday and Philip Leech
Divided we stand? : the heterogeneous political identities of Iran's 2009-2010 uprisings / Shabnam J. Holliday and Paola Rivetti
The spring in Sulaimani : Kurdish protest and political identities / Nicole F. Watts
Underlying fragility : the absence of hegemony and popular demonstrations in the West Bank, 2011-12 / Philip Leech
Israeli grassroots activism : recent waves of protests, and heterogeneous political identities / Giulia Daniele
From Ba'thist nationalism to new Syrian identities : how the emerging Syrian civil society defines itself / Lorenzo Trombetta
Political identities and the uprising in Yemen / Fernando Carvajal
In want of the people : Tahrir as a revolutionary reconstitution of the Egyptian national-popular subject / Brecht De Smet
The Tunisian uprising, Ennahdha, and the revival of an Arab-Islamic identity / Rory McCarthy
Conclusion / Shabnam J. Holliday and Philip Leech.