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  • Fragments of Repression and Resistance

    A.K.P. Rule in Turkey

    Edited by Kumru Toktamis, Isabel David ...
    Series Book 2 - Culture, Society and Political Economy in Turkey
    President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been playing the authoritarian’s game for some time now. Under the polarizing, tense and uncertain conditions of this regime, segments of society in Turkey are still actively resisting to the onslaught of authoritarian measures, coalescing at diverse sites of repression, and protesting against the lack of transparency, arbitrary state actions against citizens, or ... Read more

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  • Ecological Solidarity and the Kurdish Freedom Movement

    Thought, Practice, Challenges, and Opportunities

    Series series Environment and Society
    Ecological Solidarity and the Kurdish Freedom Movement: Thought, Practice, Challenges, and Opportunities is a pioneering text that examines the ideas about social ecology and communalism behind the evolving political structures in the Kurdish region. The collection evaluates practical green projects, including the Mesopotamian Ecology Movement, Jinwar women’s eco-village, food sovereignty in a ... Read more

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  • Crisis, Austerity, and Transformation

    How Disciplinary Neoliberalism Is Changing Portugal

    Discussions of the recent austerity measures in Southern Europe as a response to the sovereign debt crisis have been usually framed in terms of their economic impact. However, the general impoverishment of these countries has induced other massive social and political changes, a fact which is ignored in the literature. This volume seeks to fill this gap and break ground by analyzing these trends ... Read more

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  • Everywhere Taksim

    Sowing the Seeds for a New Turkey at Gezi

    Edited by Isabel David, Kumru Toktamis ...
    Series series Protest and Social Movements
    In May 2013, a small group of protesters made camp in Istanbul's Taksim Square, protesting the privatisation of what had long been a vibrant public space. When the police responded to the demonstration with brutality, the protests exploded in size and force, quickly becoming a massive statement of opposition to the Turkish regime. This book assembles a collection of field research, data, ... Read more

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    Series series Africa Now
    Exiled populations, who increasingly refer to themselves as diaspora communities, hold a strong stake in the fate of their countries of origin. In a world becoming ever more interconnected, they engage in 'long-distance politics' towards, send financial remittances to and support social development in their homelands. Transnational diaspora networks have thus become global forces shaping the ... Read more

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  • The European Union and the Arab Spring

    Promoting Democracy and Human Rights in the Middle East

    Edited by Joel Peters ...
    The European Union and the Arab Spring: Promoting Democracy and Human Rights in the Middle East, edited by Joel Peters, analyzes the response of the European Union to recent uprisings in the Middle East. The past year has witnessed a wave of popular uprisings across North Africa and the Middle East which the Western media dubbed “the Arab Spring.” Demanding greater freedoms, political reform, and ... Read more

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  • The EU in the Mediterranean after the Arab Uprisings

    Frames, Selective Engagement and the Security-Stability Nexus

    Series series Routledge Studies in Mediterranean Politics
    By examining a range of policy areas, this book aims to assess and qualify the claim that EU policies towards the Arab Mediterranean after the uprisings are predominantly marked by continuity with the past. This is attributed to the fact that the EU still acts with the aim of maximising its own security by preserving stability in the region. The book explores how security, stability and the link ... Read more

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  • Protest, Social Movements, and Global Democracy since 2011

    New Perspectives

    Series Book 39 - Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change
    In light of the limited achievements of the Arab Spring and other pro-democracy movements, volume 39 examines and unpacks arguments that these protests represent both a new phase and new prospects for democratic mobilization. The volume engages with new theoretical and methodological perspectives and illuminates novel aspects of transnational social movement dynamics, such as the evolving role of ... Read more

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  • Arab Revolutions and World Transformations

    Series series Rethinking Globalizations
    Stories about institutions and regimes that have failed us are echoing worldwide. This book critically engages the multiple uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) following the self-immolation of Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi in December 2010. It brings together authors who critically analyse the unstoppable force unleashed in the streets of Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Syria, ... Read more

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  • Corruption and Informal Practices in the Middle East and North Africa

    Edited by Ina Kubbe, Aiysha Varraich ...
    Series series Routledge Corruption and Anti-Corruption Studies
    This book investigates the pervasive problem of corruption across the Middle East and North Africa. Drawing on the specifics of the local context, the book explores how corruption in the region is actuated through informal practices that coexist and work in parallel to formal institutions.When informal practices become vehicles for corruption, they can have negative ripple effects across many ... Read more

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  • Transitional Justice in Aparadigmatic Contexts

    Accountability, Recognition, and Disruption

    Series series Transitional Justice
    This book explores the practical and theoretical opportunities as well as the challenges raised by the expansion of transitional justice into new and ‘aparadigmatic’ cases.The book defines transitional justice as the pursuit of accountability, recognition and/or disruption and applies an actor-centric analysis focusing on justice actors’ intentions of and responses to transitional justice. It ... Read more

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  • Digital Political Cultures in the Middle East since the Arab Uprisings

    Online Activism in Egypt, Tunisia and Lebanon

    Series series Political Communication and Media Practices in the Middle East and North Africa
    This book offers a ten-year perspective on ongoing and evolving practices of digital activism across the Middle East and North Africa, drawing on interviews and ethnographic evidence collected between 2012 and 2022. It examines the shifting narrative around digital activism in the region, from the wake of the 2011 uprisings to the 2019 series of protests coined 'the second wave of the Arab Spring' ... Read more

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