The People Want

A Radical Exploration of the Arab Uprising

von Gilbert Achcar

400 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Achcar argues that the Arab Spring was but the beginning of a long-term revolutionary process - a perspective confirmed by a second wave of uprisings in 2019 - and outlines the requirements for a solution to the crisis; this new edition features a preface drawing a balance sheet of the upheaval's first decade.'The people want' - thus began the slogans chanted by millions of protesters in 2011 in what was dubbed the 'Arab Spring'.  While the protests revealed a long-suppressed craving for democracy, they also laid bare a deep structural crisis.In this landmark work, Middle East analyst Gilbert Achcar examines the socio-economic roots and political dynamics of the regional upheaval. He assesses the peculiarities of the region's states and regimes, and sheds light on the movements that use Islam as a political banner.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Politik und Staat Politischer Aktivismus / Politisches Engagement Interessengruppen, Protestbewegungen und gewaltfreie Aktionen
• ISBN: 9780863564772
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.03.2022
• Größe: 216 x 133 mm
• Verlag: Saqi Books
• Übersetzung: G. M. Goshgarian