1st Edition

Diasporic Social Mobilization and Political Participation during the Arab Uprisings

Edited By Claire Beaugrand, Vincent Geisser Copyright 2018
150 Pages
by Routledge

150 Pages
by Routledge

150 Pages
by Routledge

The Arab protest movements of 2010-2011 gave momentum and inspiration to unprecedented political mobilisations of migrants of Arab origin, whether first generation, second generation, or more, in Europe, North and South-America. This book analyses the essential yet understudied role of Arab diasporas during the Arab revolutions, dissecting the new forms of diasporic mobilisations that emerged... Read more

Introduction: Social Mobilization and Political Participation in the Diaspora During the "Arab Spring"  1. Moroccan Diaspora in France and the February 20 Movement in Morocco  2. The U.S. Coptic Diaspora and the Limit of Polarization  3. Diaspora Mobilization for Western Military Intervention During the Arab Spring  4. To What Extent Can the January 25 Revolution Be Seen as a "Bifurcation" in the Life Stories of Egyptian Migrants in France?  5. Algiers–Paris Round Trips: Diasporic Pathways of a Public Civil Dissidence  6. Building Support for the Asad Regime: The Syrian Diaspora in Argentina and Brazil and the Syrian Uprising  7. Diaspora Mobilizations in the Egyptian (Post)Revolutionary Process: Comparing Transnational Political Participation in Paris and Vienna

Biography

Claire Beaugrand is a researcher at the Institut Français du Proche Orient, Jerusalem, Israel. She is one of the core team members of the European research Council-funded ‘When Authoritarianism Fails in the Arab World’ (WAFAW) project. Her research focuses on issues of nationality, transnational networks, political exiles and social margins as entry points to understand the evolution of internal and external.



Vincent Geisser is a research fellow at the CNRS, based at the Institut Français du Proche Orient, Jerusalem, Israel. He is a core team member of the European research Council-funded ‘When Authoritarianism Fails in the Arab World’ (WAFAW) project, in charge of its programme on "Diasporas and Arab revolutions and transitions".