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008			131120s2013 caum b a001 0 eng
020			_a0520274970 (hardback)
020			_a0520280512 (paperback)
020			_a9780520274976 (hardback)
020			_a9780520280519 (paperback)
041			_aeng _hfre
050		4	_aJQ1850.A91 _bA336 2013
100	1		_aAchcar, Gilbert.
245	1	4	_aThe people want : _ba radical exploration of the Arab uprising / _cGilbert Achcar ; translated from the French by G. M. Goshgarian.
264		1	_aBerkeley : _bUniversity of California Press, _c[2013]
300			_axii, 310 pages ; _c23 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a""The people want.": This first half of slogans chanted by millions of Arab protesters since 2011 revealed a long-repressed craving for democracy. But huge social and economic problems were also laid bare by the protestors' demands. Simplistic interpretations of the uprising that has been shaking the Arab world since a young street vendor set himself on fire in Central Tunisia, on 17 December 2010, seek to portray it as purely political, or explain it by culture, age, religion, if not conspiracy theories. Instead, Gilbert Achcar locates the deep roots of the upheaval in the specific economic features that hamper the region's development and lead to dramatic social consequences, including massive youth unemployment. Intertwined with despotism, nepotism, and corruption, these features, produced an explosive situation that was aggravated by post-9/11 U.S. policies. The sponsoring of the Muslim Brotherhood by the Emirate of Qatar and its influential satellite channel, Al Jazeera, contributed to shaping the prelude to the uprising. But the explosion's deep roots, asserts Achcar, mean that what happened until now is but the beginning of a revolutionary process likely to extend for many more years to come. The author identifies the actors and dynamics of the revolutionary process: the role of various social and political movements, the emergence of young actors making intensive use of new information and communication technologies, and the nature of power elites and existing state apparatuses that determine different conditions for regime overthrow in each case. Drawing a balance-sheet of the uprising in the countries that have been most affected by it until now, i.e. Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Libya and Syria, Achcar sheds special light on the nature and role of the movements that use Islam as a political banner. He scrutinizes attempts at co-opting the uprising by these movements and by the oil monarchies that sponsor them, as well as by the protector of these same monarchies: the U.S. government. Underlining the limitations of the "Islamic Tsunami" that some have used as a pretext to denigrate the whole uprising, Gilbert Achcar points to the requirements for a lasting solution to the social crisis and the contours of a progressive political alternative."-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aArab Spring, 2010-
650		0	_aInformation technology _xPolitical aspects _zArab countries.
650		0	_aProtest movements _zArab countries _xHistory _y21st century.
650		0	_aRevolutions _zArab countries _xHistory _y21st century.
650		0	_aUnemployment _zArab countries.
650		0	_aYouth _xPolitical activity _zArab countries.
651		0	_aArab countries _xEconomic conditions _y21st century.
651		0	_aArab countries _xPolitics and government _y21st century.
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