Contested Legitimacies : Repression and Revolt in Post-Revolutionary Egypt Hardback
by Jannis Julien Grimm
Part of the Protest and Social Movements series
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Since the overthrow of President Mursi in mid-2013, Egypt has witnessed an authoritarian rollback and shrinking spaces for civil society.
Nationalist discourses have villified popular protest and channelled pressure for reform into a state-centric model of governance.
Despite this hostile environment for social mobilization, protest has persisted.
Contested Legitimacies explores this resilience of contentious politics through a multimethod approach that is attuned to the physical and discursive interactions among key players in Egypt’s protest arena.
Drawing from a unique archive of sources, it investigates the rise and fall of different coalitions of contenders, from the Tamarod uprising against Mursi, to the Anti-Coup resistance against the military coup, to the challenges posed by the Tiran and Sanafir island campaign to Al-Sisi's regime.
It highlights the decisive impact of battles fought in a discursive arena on the conditions of possibility for street politics: In postrevolutionary Egypt, a contest over the meaning of political legitimacy cemented political polarization, limited social movements’ coalition choices, and ultimately paved the way for a restoration of autocracy.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:352 pages, 26 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Amsterdam University Press
- Publication Date:10/02/2022
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- ISBN:9789463722650
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:352 pages, 26 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Amsterdam University Press
- Publication Date:10/02/2022
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- ISBN:9789463722650