Revolts and the Military in the Arab Spring : Popular Uprisings and the Politics of Repression
By: Burns, Sean
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BookSeries: Library of modern Middle East studies ;Publisher: London : I.B.Taurus, c2018.Description: xvii, 360 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781784538934Subject(s): Arab Spring, 2010-DDC classification: 909.097492708312 BU RE | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 909.097492708312 BU RE (Browse shelf) | Available | October2018 | T0059619 |
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| 909.097492708312 AR AB The Arab uprisings explained : | 909.097492708312 AR AB The Arab uprisings explained : | 909.097492708312 BO AR The Arab uprisings : the people want the fall of the regime / | 909.097492708312 BU RE Revolts and the Military in the Arab Spring : | 909.097492708312 DA WN The dawn of the Arab uprisings : end of an old order? | 909.097492708312 UN DE Understanding the political economy of the Arab uprisings | 909.097492708342 YO UN Young generation awakening : |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-343) and index.
Through detailed exploration of events in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, Syria and Yemen, Sean Burns here breaks down the concept of professionalism within the armed forces into its component parts and demonstrates how variation in military structures determines their behavior. In so doing, and by emphasizing historical context and drawing on a wide range of political science theory, Burns sheds fresh light onto the ways in which military structure affects the potential for democratic transition or the course of the civil war. With this book, he presented a wide-ranging study of the Middle East which provides key tools to understanding the opportunities for democratization, both during the Arab Spring and beyond, and which is therefore essential reading for anyone working on the Middle East, popular uprisings and the politics of repression.