Arab spring
Subtitle: uprisings, powers, interventions
By: edited by Kjetil Fosshagen
Publisher: Berghahn
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 115
ISBN-13: 9781782384656; 9781782384663
Subjects: Arab Spring, 2010-; Politics and government; Revolutions
Description: The events of the Arab Spring presented a dramatic reconstitution of politics and the public sphere through their aesthetic and performative uses of public space. Mass demonstrations have become a new global political form, grounded in the localization of globalizing processes, institutions, and relationships. This volume delves beneath the seemingly chaotic nature of events to explore the structural dynamics underpinning popular resistance and their support or suppression. It moves beyond what has usually been defined as Arab Spring nations to include critical views on Bahrain, the Palestinian territories, and Turkey. The research and analysis presented explores not just the immediate protests, but also the historical realization, appropriation, and even institutionalization of these critical voices, as well as the role of international criminal law and legal exceptionalism in authorizing humanitarian interventions. Above all, it questions whether the revolutions have since been hijacked and the broad popular uprisings already overrun, suppressed, or usurped by the upper classes. --Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.