Official stories politics and national narratives in Egypt and Algeria /
Until the recent uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, the resilience of authoritarian regimes seemed a fundamental feature of regional politics. While economic, political, and internal security policies are most often considered in discussions of regime maintenance, Laurie Brand introduces...
| Main Author: | Brand, Laurie A., |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Stanford, California :
Stanford University Press,
2014.
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| Physical Description: |
xiv, 274 pages ; 23 cm. |
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Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.
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Table of Contents:
- Restor(y)ing the state : national narratives and regime resilience
- Egypt under Nasser : the evolution of revolution
- Egypt under Sadat and Mubarak : rescripting revolution, redefining legitimacy
- Algeria from the liberation struggle through Boumedienne : historic to revolutionary legitimacy
- Algeria from Bendjedid to the dark decade : the narrative fractures
- Narrative rescriptings and legitimacy crises
- Epilogue the official narrative and the "Arab Spring" : the limits of revolution.