The Arab Uprisings in Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia [electronic resource] : Social, Political and Economic Transformations /
Teti, Andrea.author.
Abbott, Pamela.author.
Cavatorta, Francesco.author.
The Arab Uprisings were unexpected events of rare intensity in Middle Eastern history – mass, popular and largely non-violent revolts which threatened and in some cases toppled apparently stable autocracies. This volume provides in-depth analyses of how people perceived the socio-economic and political transformations in three case studies epitomising different post-Uprising trajectories – Tunisia, Jordan and Egypt – and drawing on survey data to explore ordinary citizens’ perceptions of politics, security, the economy, gender, corruption, and trust. The findings suggest the causes of protest in 2010-2011 were not just political marginalisation and regime repression, but also denial of socio-economic rights and regimes failure to provide social justice. Data also shows these issues remain unresolved, and that populations have little confidence governments will deliver, leaving post-Uprisings regimes neither strong nor stable, but fierce and brittle. This analysis has direct implications both for policy and for scholarship on transformations, democratization, authoritarian resilience and ‘hybrid regimes’.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.Introduction and background -- 2.Understanding the Context: Hopes and Challenges in 2011 -- 3: Political Challenges: Expectations and Changes 2011-2014 -- 4: Unmet Challenges and Frustrate Expectations:  Economic Security and Quality of Life:  2011-2014 -- 5. Unmet Challenges and Frustrated Expectations: Employment Creation, Corruption and Gender Equality 2011-2014 -- 6. Conclusions: Resilient Authoritarianism and Frustrated Expectations.
The Arab Uprisings were unexpected events of rare intensity in Middle Eastern history – mass, popular and largely non-violent revolts which threatened and in some cases toppled apparently stable autocracies. This volume provides in-depth analyses of how people perceived the socio-economic and political transformations in three case studies epitomising different post-Uprising trajectories – Tunisia, Jordan and Egypt – and drawing on survey data to explore ordinary citizens’ perceptions of politics, security, the economy, gender, corruption, and trust. The findings suggest the causes of protest in 2010-2011 were not just political marginalisation and regime repression, but also denial of socio-economic rights and regimes failure to provide social justice. Data also shows these issues remain unresolved, and that populations have little confidence governments will deliver, leaving post-Uprisings regimes neither strong nor stable, but fierce and brittle. This analysis has direct implications both for policy and for scholarship on transformations, democratization, authoritarian resilience and ‘hybrid regimes’.
Middle East—Politics and government.
Africa—Politics and government.
Democracy.
Political sociology.
Middle Eastern Politics.
African Politics.
Democracy.
Political Sociology.