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Performing the Egyptian revolution : origins of collective restraint action in the Midan
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dc.contributor.author | Saouli, Adham | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-01T23:33:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-06-01T23:33:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-10-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Saouli , A 2015 , ' Performing the Egyptian revolution : origins of collective restraint action in the Midan ' , Political Studies , vol. 63 , no. 4 , pp. 730-746 . https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9248.12135 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0032-3217 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 165935866 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 7c64756d-5daf-4384-9d0d-f3d6f01f5eea | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 84941024831 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-4118-2627/work/76387364 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/8913 | |
dc.description | This research was supported by a Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland grant. | en |
dc.description.abstract | In January/February 2011, the world watched with admiration the Egyptian revolution that toppled President Housni Mubarak. The demonstration in Midan al-Tahrir (Liberation Square in central Cairo), which was the nucleus of the revolution, highlighted a largely spontaneous, civil and peaceful political performance. However, this performance was temporary, contradicting subsequent bloody conflicts in post-revolutionary Egypt. This article examines the socio-political origins of the Midan performance. It argues that the demonstrators exercised collective restraint, which was temporary but necessary, in order to topple Mubarak. Building on Norbert Elias’ civilising process theory and social movements literature, it is argued that the origins of this performance are found in a collective knowledge of regime strategy and narrative, Egyptian socio-political values and existing repertoires of contention. Drawing on primary sources and semi-structured interviews, the article contends that the demonstrators exercised collective restraint to reframe regime narrative and draw public support for the revolution. | |
dc.format.extent | 17 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Political Studies | en |
dc.rights | © 2014 The Author. Political Studies © 2014 Political Studies Association. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Saouli, A. (2014), Performing the Egyptian Revolution: Origins of Collective Restraint Action in the Midan. Political Studies, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9248.12135. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving. | en |
dc.subject | Collective restraint | en |
dc.subject | Contentious performance | en |
dc.subject | Regime-society relations | en |
dc.subject | Midan | en |
dc.subject | Egypt | en |
dc.subject | JZ International relations | en |
dc.subject | BDC | en |
dc.subject | R2C | en |
dc.subject.lcc | JZ | en |
dc.title | Performing the Egyptian revolution : origins of collective restraint action in the Midan | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.description.version | Postprint | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of International Relations | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9248.12135 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2016-06-02 |
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