TY - BOOK ID - 4874541 TI - Civil resistance in the Arab Spring : triumphs and disasters AU - Roberts, Adam AU - Willis, Michael J. AU - McCarthy, Rory AU - Ash, Timothy Garton PY - 2016 SN - 9780198749028 0198749023 PB - Oxford: Oxford university press, DB - UniCat KW - PALESTINE -- 323.27 KW - SYRIA -- 323.27 KW - Arab Spring, 2010 KW - -Civil disobedience KW - Civil disobedience KW - Government, Resistance to KW - Revolutions KW - #SBIB:328H511 KW - #SBIB:328H512 KW - #SBIB:324H73 KW - Insurrections KW - Rebellions KW - Revolts KW - Revolutionary wars KW - History KW - Political science KW - Political violence KW - War KW - Civil resistance KW - Non-resistance to government KW - Resistance to government KW - Insurgency KW - Nonviolence KW - Disobedience, Civil KW - Arab Awakening, 2010 KW - -History KW - Instellingen en beleid: Islamitische, Arabisch sprekende landen KW - Instellingen en beleid: Midden-Oosten / landen in het Midden-Oosten KW - Politieke verandering: oppositie en minderheid, protest, politiek geweld KW - Arab Spring (2010-) KW - Arab countries KW - Arab world KW - Arabic countries KW - Arabic-speaking states KW - Islamic countries KW - Middle East KW - Politics and government KW - Arabiska våren 2010 KW - -Civil olydnad. KW - -Civil disobedience - Middle East KW - Civil disobedience - Africa, North KW - Government, Resistance to - Middle East KW - Government, Resistance to - Africa, North KW - Revolutions - Arab countries - History - 21st century KW - Arab countries - Politics and government - 21st century KW - Political resistance UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4874541 AB - Civil resistance, especially in the form of massive peaceful demonstrations, was at the heart of the Arab Spring-the chain of events in the Middle East and North Africa that erupted in December 2010. It won some notable victories: popular movements helped to bring about the fall of authoritarian governments in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen. Yet these apparent triumphs of non-violent action were followed by disasters-wars in Syria, anarchy in Libya and Yemen, reversion to authoritarian rule in Egypt, and counter-revolution backed by external intervention in Bahrain. Looming over these events was the enduring divide between the Sunni and Shi'a branches of Islam. Why did so much go wrong? Was the problem the methods, leadership and aims of the popular movements, or the conditions of their societies? In this book, experts on these countries, and on the techniques of civil resistance, set the events in their historical, social and political contexts. They describe how governments and outside powers-including the US and EU-responded, how Arab monarchies in Jordan and Morocco undertook to introduce reforms to avert revolution, and why the Arab Spring failed to spark a Palestinian one. ER -