... conditions of uncertainty. Egypt Middle East; popular uprising revolutionary situation multiple sovereignties scientific uncertainty Bread and Freedom: Egypt’s Revolutionary Situation is an important book; it deserves an audience well beyond the small yet dedicated band of Egypt enthusiasts...

... Abdel State Security Mubarak Hosni Syria Camp David Accord inequality Ministry of Interior Egypt revolution popular uprising militarism security The military's abandonment of Hosni Mubarak's regime was essential to his downfall. At the very least, it provided an opportunity for the 25 January...

...What drives the cross-national diffusion of popular uprisings against authoritarian rulers? A comparison of three such waves—the collapse of communism, the color revolutions, and the Arab uprisings—leads to two answers. First, while differing in their relative weights, demonstration effects...

...Drawing on insights gleaned from the July Revolution, this concluding chapter compares the transition phase now underway in Egypt to the events of 1952. As the popular uprising against Hosni Mubarak gained momentum, a riveting public discourse took shape in Egypt that compared the revolution...

...' newfound interest stemmed from the shocks of recent popular uprisings, which demonstrated the endurance of prewar identities. The chapter considers how communist authorities had to rebuild a polling industry from the ground up and began by asking about culture. For state officials, cultural desires were...

...The book’s Postscript considers the monumental events in Sudan in 2019, from the deposing of President al-Bashir under the pressure of a popular uprising to citizen demands for civilian rule, from the vantage point of the arguments of this book. The Postscript allows for the Arendtian approach...

... Malaviya’s decision to quit the Legislative Assembly and join the civil disobedience movement, along with the popular uprising in Peshawar. It also looks at Malaviya’s arrest and subsequent six-month imprisonment in 1930, the picketing at the Banaras Hindu University, and the Indian government’s pressure...