Youth Activism in Egypt: Islamism, Political Protest and Revolution
Ebook
In this book, Ahmed Tohamy analyses the often-neglected trajectory that led up to the protests in Egypt that culminated in the fall of Hosni Mubarak in February 2011. Tohamy's assertion is that by examining the decade preceding this momentous event, we see that the youth movement far from being inert was extremely active. Tohamy uses the Social Movements Theory to argue how Egyptian youth became a new agent of change in the Middle East. By positioning the youth activists as dynamically engaging with their social and political contexts within a framework of opportunities and constraints, his analysis strikes at the heart of the debates concerning the nature and substance of revolution and its effects on state and society."
The protests that spread across the Middle East and North Africa in late 2010 and early 2011 took media commentators, academics and the ruling classes of these countries by surprise.
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Social Movements Theory
Chapter 3: The State-Society Relationship and the Cycles of Rise and Decline the Youth Movement
Chapter 4: Expanding Political Opportunities in Egypt
Chapter 5: The Chronological Developments and Formal Structure of Corporatist Arrangements
Chapter 6: Strategic Choices, Organization, Framing and Mobilizations: The Case of Student Activism
Chapter 7: Strategic Choices, Organization, Framing and Mobilizations of the New Activism: The Case of the April 6 Movement
Chapter 8: Using Social Movement Theory to Assess Egyptian Youth Movements: Opportunity, Mobilization, Strategies and Cultural Frames
- Title: Youth Activism in Egypt: Islamism, Political Protest and Revolution
- Author: Ahmed Tohamy
- Publisher: I.B. Tauris
- Print Publication Date: 2016
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9780857728920, 085772892X
- Resource ID: LLS:9780857728920
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-04-04T08:43:29Z
Ahmed Tohamy lectures at the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University, where he recently received his PhD.