Civil Society in the Middle East: Regime Breakdown vs. Regime Continuity
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- Synopsis
- Civil Society in the Middle East analyzes the impact of repression on civil society activism in the Middle East through analyzing the cases of Egypt and Jordan. Sika argues that authoritarian regimes' repressive strategies toward civil society actors vary depending on recent historical experience with regime breakdown and/or continuity. Authoritarian regimes that go through breakdown and that transition from one autocratic rule to another increase repression against all civil society actors in an effort to pre-empt large-scale mobilization. This instils fear into civil society actors, who as a result either disengage from civic and political activism or turn to different forms of participation, such as social entrepreneurship. On the other hand, long-standing authoritarian regimes that have not faced breakdown utilize targeted repression and co-optation strategies while tolerating civic and political activism, as well as some forms of contentious activities. Civil society actors in these regimes are able to grasp political opportunities to mobilize for demonstrations at certain times and in certain spaces, and to develop coalition partnerships to push the regime to advance some reforms and change.
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- ISBN-13:
- 9780198882510
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780198882411, 9780198882527
- Publisher:
- OUP Oxford
- Date of Addition:
- 04/29/24
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- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
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- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Politics and Government
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- This is a copyrighted book.