Fawaz a Gerges

Contentious Politics in the Middle East: Popular Resistance and Marginalized Activism beyond the Arab Uprisings - Middle East Today Fawaz a Gerges 1st ed. 2015 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Biographical Note: Fawaz A. Gerges is Professor of International Relations and holder of the Emirates Professorship in Contemporary Middle East Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK. He is the author of several acclaimed books, including "Obama and the Middle East: The End of America's Moment?" and "The Far Enemy: Why Jihad Went Global." He has written extensively on Arab politics and the international relations of the Middle East. His articles have appeared in "Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Newsweek, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Guardian, " and "the Independent." His books have been translated into a number of foreign languages. Table of Contents: IntroductionContextualizing The Arab Uprisings: Different Regimes, Different Revolutions And Different Trajectories; Fawaz A GergesPART I1. Contention And Constitutionalisation In The Global Realm: Assessing The Uprisings In West Asia And North Africa For International Politics; Jan Wilkens2. Reconceptualizing Resistance And Reform In The Middle East; Mishana Hosseinioun3. Kuwaiti Arab Spring? The Role Of Transnational Factors In Kuwait's Contentious Politics; Anastasia Nosova4. The Iraqi Independence Movement: A Case Of Transgressive Contention; Aula HaririPART II5. Contentious Politics And The Syrian Crisis: Internationalisation And Militarisation Of Conflict; Jasmine Gani6. Foreign Engagement In Contentious Politics: Europe And The 2011 Uprisings In Libya; Inez Von Weitershausen7. Foreign Actors: A Double-Edged Sword Over Contentious Politics In The Middle East; Eugenio Lilli8. Transnationalized Domestic Contention: Explaining The Varying Level Of Western Solidarity Given To Kurds And Palestinians; David Zarnett9. The Emergence Of The Boycott, Divestment, And Sanctions Movement; Suzanne MorrisonPART III10. Contentious Copts: The Emergence, Success And Decline Of Maspero Youth Movement In Egypt; Magdalena C. Delgado11. From Progress To Order: The 'Kurdish Openings' And Limits To Contentious Politics In Turkey; Oguzhan Goksel12. Contentious Politics And Bottom-Up Mobilisation In Revolutionary Egypt: The Case Of Egyptian Football Supporters In Cairo; Suzan Gibril13. A Berber Spring: The Breakthrough Of Amazigh Minorities In The Uprisings' Aftermath; Cleo JayPART IV14. New Modes Of Collective Actions: The Reemergence Of Anarchism In Egypt; Laura Galian15. Muslim Groups In The Gezi Park Protests: Identity Politics And Contentious Politics Under Authoritarian Neoliberalism; Ayse Dursun16. Claiming 'Marginal Space': The Contentious Politics Of 'Citizenship' Among Palestinian Feminists In Israel; Kim Jezabel Zinngrebe17. Characteristics Of Prolonged Social Movements: The Case Of Gezi Park Protests; Birce Altiok-Karsiyaka And Kerem Yildirim 18. Reassembling The Political: Placing Contentious Politics In Jordan; Christopher Parker & Pascal DebruynePART V19. Contentious Economics In Occupied Palestine; Alaa Tartir20. The Bottom-Up Mobilization Of Lebanese Society Against Neoliberal Institutions: The Case Of Opposition Against Solidere's Reconstruction Of Downtown Beirut; Hadi Makarem21. Iftar In Mcdonald's: The Everyday Encroachment Of Cairo's Subaltern Cosmopolitans; Harry PettitConclusions; John Chalcraft "

Contributor Bio:  Gerges, Fawaz A Fawaz A. Gerges holds the Christian A. Johnson Chair in International Affairs and Middle Eastern Studies at Sarah Lawrence College. He was educated at Oxford University and the London School of Economics and has previously been a Research Fellow at Harvard and Princeton universities. He is also a senior analyst and regular commentator for ABC television news. His books include America and Political Islam: Clash of Interests or Clash of Cultures? (Cambridge, 1999) and The Journey of the Jihadis: A Biography of a State of Mind (Harcourt Press, 2006). He has written extensively on Arab and Muslim politics, Islamist movements, American foreign policy, and relations between the world of Islam and the West. His articles have appeared in several of the most prestigious journals and newspapers in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East.