The Arab Uprisings: Sociological Perspectives and Geographical Comparisons
The fate of the popular uprisings in the Arab world remains uncertain. Yet, it is already clear that the political landscape in the region has been transformed to an extent unseen since the formal end of colonialism, and that the seemingly ineradicable essentialist idea of “Arab exceptionalism” has been finally discredited. On March 20 and 21 (2012) a conference held at the American University of Beirut brought together academics from throughout...