Arab Spring in Comparative Perspective Memos Archives - Project on Middle East Political Science

POMEPS Studies 20: From Mobilization to Counter-Revolution

The Arab uprisings triggered a fierce regional counter-mobilization by threatened regimes and the elites who benefited from the status quo.…

Abdel Fatah al-Sissi in the Age of the Trickster

By Walter Armbrust, University of Oxford *This memo was prepared for the workshop, “From Mobilization to Counter-Revolution: The Arab Spring in…

They have a Gun in One Hand and the Media in the Other: The Rise of Anti-Militarist Activism under the Supreme Council of Armed Forces

By Amy Austin Holmes, American University in Cairo *This memo was prepared for the workshop, “From Mobilization to Counter-Revolution: The Arab…

Taking Time Seriously: Temporality and the Arab Uprisings

By Jillian Schwedler, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY *This memo was prepared for the workshop, “From Mobilization to Counter-Revolution:…

Master Frames of the Syrian Conflict: Early Violence and Sectarian Response Revisited

By Reinoud Leenders, King’s College London *This memo was prepared for the workshop, “From Mobilization to Counter-Revolution: The Arab Spring in…

Waves of Democratization, Waves of Disillusionment: The Arab Spring in Historical Perspective

By Charles Kurzman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill *This memo was prepared for the workshop, “From Mobilization to Counter-Revolution:…

Adding Insult to Injury: Vilification as Counter-Mobilization in Turkey’s Gezi Protests

By Lisel Hintz, Cornell University *This memo was prepared for the workshop, “From Mobilization to Counter-Revolution: The Arab Spring in Comparative…

From Co-optation to Crackdown: Gulf States’ Reactions to the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood during the Arab Spring

By Courtney Freer, London School of Economics *This memo was prepared for the workshop, “From Mobilization to Counter-Revolution: The Arab Spring…

Late Populism: State Distributional Regimes and Economic Conflict after the Arab Uprisings

By Steffen Hertog, London School of Economics *This memo was prepared for the workshop, “From Mobilization to Counter-Revolution: The Arab Spring…

In Defense of Ideology: Notes on Experience and Revolution

By Sune Haugbolle, Roskilde University *This memo was prepared for the workshop, “From Mobilization to Counter-Revolution: The Arab Spring in Comparative…