Popular Contention, Regime, and Transition

Arab Revolts in Comparative Global Perspective

Edited by Eitan Y. Alimi, Edited by Avraham Sela, and Edited by Mario Sznajder

Generates powerful insights into the similarities and dissimilarities of the impetus, dynamics, and consequences of contentious movements
Offers a comparative perspective on contentious politics in authoritarian and semi-authoritarian regimes
Includes a vast array of case studies of contentious episodes, including cases which have largely been overlooked in the academic community
Reveals the social, political, and historical ramifications of recent uprisings

Arab Revolts in Comparative Global Perspective

Edited by Eitan Y. Alimi, Edited by Avraham Sela, and Edited by Mario Sznajder

Description

Although episodes of resistance and contention in authoritarian and authoritarian-like regimes constitute the majority of mass political movements worldwide, the theories and models of popular contention have been developed on liberal-democratic assumptions. Prompted by the recent revolutionary waves in the Middle East and North Africa, Popular Contention, Regime, and Transition offers a deeper understanding of the complex and indeterminate linkages between popular protest, regime type, and transitions in democratic and authoritarian regimes alike.

Through a diverse array of case studies from countries around the world, this volume places the Arab Spring uprisings in comparative perspective, demonstrating the similarities and parallels between contentious events in democratic and authoritarian-like regimes. Leading scholars in the fields of political science, sociologoy, and international studies discuss topics such as the set of initial conditions involved in the protest, prospects of contention, and forms of protest, as well as the role of historical legacies, regime responses, the military, social polarization, and external factors in the divergent outcomes of protest. By situating the study of contention in authoritarian and semi-authoritarian regimes in comparative perspective, Popular Contention, Regime, and Transition generates powerful insights into the impetus, dynamics, and consequences of contention in all contexts.

Arab Revolts in Comparative Global Perspective

Edited by Eitan Y. Alimi, Edited by Avraham Sela, and Edited by Mario Sznajder

INTRODUCTION
Popular Contention, Regime, and Transition: A Comparative Perspective
Eitan Alimi
PART I: BETWEEN STRUCTURE AND CONTENTION
1. Modes of Coordination of Contentious Collective Action in the Middle-East
Mario Diani and Caelum Moffatt
2. Do Organizational Structures Matter for Protests in Non-Democratic African Countries?
Katia Pilati
3. Qualities of Democracy, Dissatisfaction and Contention in Latin America: The Role of Equality, Freedom and Responsiveness
Mario Quaranta
4. Regimes, Resources, and Regional Intervention: Understanding the Openings and Trajectories for Contention in the Middle East and North Africa
Jack A. Goldstone
PART II: PROCESSES AND TRAJECTORIES OF CONTENTION
5. The Drivers of Diffusion: Comparing 1989, the Color Revolutions and the Arab Uprisings
Valerie Bunce
6. Double Legitimacy Crises and Dynamics of Contention in Ethnic Democracies
Gregory Maney
7. When Repression Fails to Backfire: Movement's Powers, State's Power, and Conditions Conducive to International Intervention
Eitan Y. Alimi and David Meyer
8. Understanding Dynamics, Endogeneity and Complexity in Protest Campaigns: A Comparative Analysis of Egypt (2011) and Iran (1977-1979)
Karen Rasler
PART III: BETWEEN TRANSITION AND CONTENTION
9. Regime Transitions, Anti-dictatorship Struggles, and the Future of Protest in Democratizing Settings
Vincent Boudreau
10. Chile's Winter of Discontent: Is Protest Achieving Deeper Democratization?
Mario Sznajder
11. The 2011 Israeli Protest Movement between the Arab Spring and the Occupy Movement: A Hybrid Model?
Gayil Talshir
CONCLUSION
The Arab Revolts in Comparative Historical Perspective
Avraham Sela

Arab Revolts in Comparative Global Perspective

Edited by Eitan Y. Alimi, Edited by Avraham Sela, and Edited by Mario Sznajder

Author Information

Edited by Eitan Y. Alimi, Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edited by Avraham Sela, Shirley Diamond Chair, Department of International Relations, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Edited by Mario Sznajder, Professor and Leon Blum Chair on Political Science, Department of Political Science, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Eitan Y Alimi is Associate Professor of Political Sociology at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and co-author of The Dynamics of Radicalization (2015).

Avraham Sela is A. Ephraim and Shirley Diamond Family Professor Emeritus of International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Mario Sznajder is Leon Blum Professor of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Contributors:

Vincent Boudreau is dean of the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership and professor of political science at the City College of New York.

Valerie Bunce is the Aaron Binenkorb Professor of International Studies and Professor of Government at Cornell University.

Mario Diani is professor of Sociology at the University of Trento.

Jack A. Goldstone is the Virginia E. and John T. Hazel Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University.

Gregory Maney is Professor of Sociology at Hofstra University.

David Meyer is Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan.

Caelum Moffatt is a Doctoral Research Student in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University.

Katia Pilati is a Researcher in the Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento.

Mario Quaranta is a Researcher in the Department of Economics and Statistics at the University of Salerno.

Karen Rasler is Professor of Political Science at Indiana University Bloomington.

Gayil Talshir is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem