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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mabon, Simon (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2020.
Series:	Identities and geopolitics in the Middle East.
Subjects:	Political violence > Middle East. Arab Spring, 2010- Power (Social sciences) > Middle East. Middle East > Politics and government > 1979- Printemps arabe, 2010-2011. Moyen-Orient > Politique et gouvernement > 1979- POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern. Political violence Politics and government Power (Social sciences) Middle East Since 1979 Political Science World Middle Eastern Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

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.