Egypt in a Time of Revolution

This book considers the diverse forms of mass mobilization and contentious politics that emerged during the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and its aftermath. Drawing on a catalogue of more than 8,000 protest events, as well as interviews, video footage and still photographs, Neil Ketchley provides the first systematic account of how Egyptians banded together to overthrow Husni Mubarak, and how old regime forces engineered a return to authoritarian rule. Eschewing top-down, structuralist and culturalist explanations, the author shows that the causes and consequences of Mubarak's ousting can only be understood by paying close attention to the evolving dynamics of contentious politics witnessed in Egypt since 2011. Setting these events within a larger social and political context, Ketchley sheds new light on the trajectories and legacies of the Arab Spring, as well as recurring patterns of contentious collective action found in the Middle East and beyond.

Author: Neil Ketchley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 04/03/2017
Pages: 218
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.16w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781316636220

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2018

About the Author
Ketchley, Neil: - Neil Ketchley is a Lecturer in Middle East Politics at King's College London. He was a Hulme Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Brasenose College, University of Oxford from 2014-16. He received his PhD in Political Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science.