num_pages: 276
description: Sheila Carapico's book on civic participation in modern Yemen makes a pathbreaking contribution to the study of political culture in Arabia. The author traces the complexities of Yemen's history over the past fifty years, considering its response to the colonial encounter and to years of civil unrest. Challenging the stereotypical view of conservative Arab Muslim society, she demonstrates how the country is actively seeking to develop the political, economic and social structures of the modern democratic state. This is an important book that promises to become the definitive statement on twentieth-century Yemen.
language: English
title: Civil Society in Yemen: The Political Economy of Activism in Modern Arabia
titlecomplete: Civil Society in Yemen: The Political Economy of Activism in Modern Arabia (Cambridge Middle East Studies, Series Number 9)
ratings_count: 5
series: Cambridge Middle East Studies
publisher: Cambridge University Press