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New opposition in the Middle East
This book uses a Contentious Politics lens to examine patterns of political contestation since
2009 and 2011 among the Middle East’s most important actors. The chapters ask questions in
relation to the responsiveness of opposition groups to their political environments, the longterm
legacies of authoritarianism, and whether the post-2009/2011 political environment is better or worse for Middle Eastern oppositions. It interrogates the ways in which oppositions have morphed in relation to this changed operating environment, subjectively interpreting the costs and benefits of contestation in order to maximise political opportunities. To some oppositions, changes in the power balance between regime structures and opposition agents led to unprecedented opportunity for political action, while for others, structures were galvanised to restrict activity. In total, the volume shows that even though the Arab Uprisings and Green Movement achieved few of their overt goals, the events unleashed smaller shifts across the region that have led to a fundamental change in the politics of contestation amongst the region’s oppositions.
2009 and 2011 among the Middle East’s most important actors. The chapters ask questions in
relation to the responsiveness of opposition groups to their political environments, the longterm
legacies of authoritarianism, and whether the post-2009/2011 political environment is better or worse for Middle Eastern oppositions. It interrogates the ways in which oppositions have morphed in relation to this changed operating environment, subjectively interpreting the costs and benefits of contestation in order to maximise political opportunities. To some oppositions, changes in the power balance between regime structures and opposition agents led to unprecedented opportunity for political action, while for others, structures were galvanised to restrict activity. In total, the volume shows that even though the Arab Uprisings and Green Movement achieved few of their overt goals, the events unleashed smaller shifts across the region that have led to a fundamental change in the politics of contestation amongst the region’s oppositions.
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Publisher
Palgrave MacmillanPlace of publication
SingaporePublisher DOI
ISBN-13
9789811088209ISBN-10
9811088209Language
engPublication classification
A7 Edited bookCopyright notice
2018, The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)Editor/Contributor(s)
D Conduit, S AkbarzadehNumber of chapters
9Usage metrics
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Arab Spring, 2010Arab Uprisings and opposition in Saudi ArabiaContentious Politics and Middle Eastern oppositionsDismantling liberalised autocracy in BahrainMiddle EastoppositionOpposition revolution in Egyptpolitical scienceprotest movementsResponses to contentious campaigns in IranSyrian Muslim BrotherhoodSyrian UprisingThe Iranian Reform movementThe Sadrist Line’s Adaptable and Evolving RepertoireTunisian opposition since the Arab SpringWomen’s movement in Iran