TY - BOOK ID - 78075376 TI - The Arab Revolution of 2011: A Comparative Perspective PY - 2015 SN - 1438454902 9781438454900 9781438454894 1438454899 PB - State University of New York Press DB - UniCat KW - Arab Spring, 2010 KW - -Revolutions KW - Insurrections KW - Rebellions KW - Revolts KW - Revolutionary wars KW - History KW - Political science KW - Political violence KW - War KW - Government, Resistance to KW - Arab Awakening, 2010 KW - -History KW - Arab countries KW - -Revolutions - Arab countries - History - 21st century KW - Arab countries - History - 21st century UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78075376 AB - How do we make sense of the Arab revolution of 2011? What were its successes, its failures, and significance in world history? The Arab Revolution of 2011 brings together a broad range of perspectives to explain the causes, processes, and consequences of the revolution of 2011 and its critical implications for the future. The contributors, in this major addition to the sociology of revolutions, step back from the earlier euphoria of the Arab Spring to provide a sober analysis of what is still an ongoing process of upheaval in the Middle East. The essays address the role of national armies and foreign military intervention, the character and structure of old regimes as determinants of peaceful or violent political transformation, the constitutional placement of Islam in post-revolutionary regimes, and the possibilities of supplanting authoritarianism with democracy. The revolution of 2011 is also examined within a broad historical perspective, comparing the dynamics of revolution and counterrevolution in countries such as Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya with such epochal events as the European revolution of 1848 and Russia in 1917.--Publisher. ER -