Description: Life as PoliticsHow Ordinary People Change the Middle East, Second Edition Author(s): Asef Bayat Format: Paperback Publisher: Stanford University Press, United States Imprint: Stanford University Press ISBN-13: 9780804783279, 978-0804783279 Synopsis Prior to 2011, popular imagination perceived the Muslim Middle East as unchanging and unchangeable, frozen in its own traditions and history. In Life as Politics, Asef Bayat argues that such presumptions fail to recognize the routine, yet important, ways in which ordinary people make meaningful change through everyday actions. First published just months before the Arab Spring swept across the region, this timely and prophetic book sheds light on the ongoing acts of protest, practice, and direct daily action. The second edition includes three new chapters on the Arab Spring and Iran's Green Movement and is fully updated to reflect recent events. At heart, the book remains a study of agency in times of constraint. In addition to ongoing protests, millions of people across the Middle East are effecting transformation through the discovery and creation of new social spaces within which to make their claims heard. This eye-opening book makes an important contribution to global debates over the meaning of social movements and the dynamics of social change.
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Book Title: Life as Politics
Subject Area: Social Organisations
Item Height: 229mm
Item Width: 152mm
Author: Asef Bayat
Publication Name: Life As Politics: How Ordinary People Change the Middle East, Second Edition
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Year: 2013
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 522g
Number of Pages: 390 Pages
