New Opposition in the Middle East
This book uses a Contentious Politics lens to examine patterns of political contestation since2009 and 2011 among the Middle East’s most important actors. The chapters ask questions inrelation to the responsiveness of opposition groups to their political
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New Opposition in the Middle East
Dara Conduit • Shahram Akbarzadeh Editors
New Opposition in the Middle East
Editors Dara Conduit Middle East Studies Forum, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation Deakin University Burwood, VIC, Australia
Shahram Akbarzadeh Middle East Studies Forum, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation Deakin University Burwood, VIC, Australia
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Acknowledgements
This volume came about following the November 2016 ‘Future of the Middle East’ conference and the March 2017 ‘Opposition in the Middle East since the Arab Spring’ workshop, both hosted by the Middle East Studies Forum at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University. The editors would like to thank the US Consulate General, Melbourne, for their support of the Future of the Middle East conference, and Dr Zim Nwokora, Dr Danielle Chubb, Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed, Marika Sosnowski, and conference attendees for their insightful feedback on the ideas and the chapters included in this volume.
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Contents
1 Contentious Politics and Middle Eastern Oppositions After the Uprisings 1 Dara Conduit and Shahram Akbarzadeh 2 The Women’s Movement and State Responses to Contentious Campaigns in Iran 15 Rebecca Barlow 3 P
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