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From North Africa to Latin America and back: comparative findings and theoretical reflections
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Abstract Taking the different case studies of the book together, one general observation stands out: Key agents of socioeconomic contention, including movements by organized labor and the unemployed that were important in the run-up to the uprisings and that saw their political opportunities open up in the i... view more
Taking the different case studies of the book together, one general observation stands out: Key agents of socioeconomic contention, including movements by organized labor and the unemployed that were important in the run-up to the uprisings and that saw their political opportunities open up in the immediate aftermath of the revolutions, have since been effectively marginalized as political actors. The concluding chapter reflects on the causes of this weakness of socioeconomic contention by identifying comparative insights that emerge from the contributions to this volume and by situating them in the context of broader comparative and theoretical debates on the relationship between social movements and political change. More specifically, the chapter first discusses Egypt’s and Tunisia’s post-revolutionary trajectories from a comparative perspective. Second, it discusses these comparative findings in the light of experiences in Latin America. Third, drawing again on comparative scholarship on Latin America, the chapter offers a theoretical interpretation of some of the main dynamics observed in Egypt and Tunisia based on the notion of a popular-sector incorporation crisis. Fourth and finally, the chapter concludes with general implications and an outlook.... view less
Keywords
Egypt; Tunisia; protest movement; political movement; political change; socioeconomic development; democratization; international comparison; Arab countries; North Africa; Latin America
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
MENA; Arabischer Frühling (2010- ); sozioökonomischer Wandel
Collection Title
Socioeconomic protests in MENA and Latin America: Egypt and Tunisia in Interregional Comparison
Editor
Weipert-Fenner, Irene; Wolff, Jonas
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
City
Cham
Page/Pages
p. 251-274
Series
Middle East Today
ISBN
978-3-030-19621-9
Status
Published Version; reviewed