02094cam a22003015a 4500 016509047 OSt 20161011131339.0 130926s2013 ua frb 001 0 eng d 9789774166303 (pbk.) StDuBDS eng StDuBDS EG-ScBUE aw----- 303.4840956 BAY 22 Bayat, Asef. 41445 Life as politics : how ordinary people change the Middle East / Asef Bayat. 2nd ed. Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, 2013. xiv, 374 p. ; 24 cm. Index : p. 369-374. Includes bibliographical references. "Prior to 2011, popular imagination perceived the Muslim Middle East as unchanging and unchangeable, frozen in its own traditions and history. In Life as Politics, Asef Bayat argues that such presumptions fail to recognize the routine, yet important, ways in which ordinary people make meaningful change through everyday actions. First published just months before the Arab Spring swept across the region, this timely and prophetic book sheds light on the ongoing acts of protest, practice, and direct daily action. The second edition includes three new chapters on the Arab Spring and Iran's Green Movement and is fully updated to reflect recent events. At heart, the book remains a study of agency in times of constraint. In addition to ongoing protests, millions of people across the Middle East are effecting transformation through the discovery and creation of new social spaces within which to make their claims heard. This eye-opening book makes an important contribution to global debates over the meaning of social movements and the dynamics of social change"--Provided by publisher. Social movements Middle East. BUEsh 41450 Social change Middle East. BUEsh 41449 Political participation Middle East. BUEsh 32341 Middle East Foreign relations 1979- BUEsh 28834 BUSBOL October2016 ddc 22515 22487 0 0 ddc 0 0 AUC MAIN MAIN 1ST 2016-10-11 Purchase 145.00 4 36 303.4840956 BAY 000033984 2025-11-29 00:00:00 2025-11-22 181.25 BB