Revolution and counter-revolution in the Middle East and North Africa. global politics, protesting and knowledge production in the region and beyond
Rivetti, PaolaORCID: 0000-0002-1794-0504 and Cavatorta, FrancescoORCID: 0000-0003-2249-1392
(2021)
Revolution and counter-revolution in the Middle East and North Africa. global politics, protesting and knowledge production in the region and beyond.
Partecipazione e Conflitto, 14
(2).
pp. 511-529.
ISSN 1972-7623
This paper discusses the current political phase in South West Asia and North Africa (SWANA)
or Middle East and North Africa (MENA) by contextualising it in global politics. First, the transformations of
the nation state and neoliberal capitalism are discussed along with the mobilisational strategies shared
among social movements in the region, Europe and North America, Africa, and Latin America. Second, the
paper discusses how such transnational developments have influenced the scholarship on SWANA/MENA
politics, highlighting a number of epistemological breaks in the content and process of knowledge
production.
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Article (Published)
Refereed:
Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:
South West Asia and North Africa; Middle East;North Africa; Arab Uprisings; counterrevolution; knowledge production