Youth Activism and Contentious Politics in Egypt

Dynamics of Continuity and Change

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

AvNadine Sika,Nadine (American University in Cairo) Sika

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During the Arab uprisings of late 2010 and early 2011, nine regimes throughout North Africa and the Middle East were confronted by major demonstrations and contentious events. When the uprisings began in Egypt, it became evident that youth movements were going to play a large part in the uprisings themselves, as well as the ensuing political and social changes. In this book, Nadine Sika demonstrates how youth movements initiated contestation, and how the regime in Egypt reacted through a display of authoritarian resilience, creating opportunities, threats to and constraints on the ability of youth movements to mobilize and to network. On the other hand, she explores how youth movement's repertoires can cause a regime to adapt, upgrade, or downgrade its authoritarian tools in an attempt to control, co-opt, or disempower the movement, highlighting how a regime's perception of a threat can propel it towards either defensive or offensive strategies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2020-11-12
Mått230 x 150 x 10 mm
Vikt270 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor180
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781108408165

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Nadine Sika is Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics at the American University in Cairo (AUC), and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Institution for Public Opinion Polling 'Baseera'. She was previously Humboldt Foundation Visiting Fellow at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik in Berlin (SWP), and was also a guest scholar at the Political Science Institute at Universität Tübingen. She is the co-editor (with Eberhard Kienle) of The Arab Uprisings: Transforming and Challenging State Power (2015). Her recent articles have appeared in Mediterranean Politics, The Journal of North African Studies and the British Journal of Middle East Studies.

'Whatever their immediate outcomes, the experience of the upheavals that began in 2011 will shape the Arab world for generations to come. What prompted youth activism in these authoritarian settings? And what accounted for the regime responses? In this rich and nuanced study, Nadine Sika draws on original surveys and interviews with young Egyptians to provide revealing insights into the impetus to political protest, the limits of both the regime's accountability and the opposition's aspirations, and ultimately, the prospects for political reform in the Arab world.' Lisa Anderson, American University in Cairo