the Arab Spring

JP slides (1.6mb pdf)

Reading

• Guardian interactive timeline of events in the ‘Arab Spring’
• Economist (2009), Special report on the Arab World,  The Economist, July 23rd
• Goldstone, JA (2011), Understanding the revolutions of 2011, Foreign Affairs, May/June
• Economist (2011), Democracy’s hard spring, The Economist, Mar 10th
• Alissa, S (2007), The challenge of economic reform in the Arab world, Carnegie Papers, No.1 / May, Carnegie Middle East Center
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• Saif, I (2009), The oil boom in the GCC countries, 2002-2008, Carnegie Papers, No.15 / Mar., Carnegie Middle East Center
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• Morozov, E (2011), Facebook and Twitter are just places revolutionaries go, The Guardian, March 7th
• Biles, P (2011), Report: Arab Spring upheaval cost $55bn, BBC News Online, Oct 14th
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