Revolution in Syria

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-108-82417-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 540 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics

How does protest advancing diverse claims turn into violent conflict occurring primarily along ethnic lines? This book examines that question in the context of Syria, drawing insight from the evolution of conflict at the local level. Kevin Mazur shows that the challenge to the Syrian regime did not erupt neatly along ethnic boundaries, and that lines of access to state-controlled resources played a critical structuring role; the ethnicization of conflict resulted from failed incumbent efforts to shore up network ties and the violence that the Asad regime used to crush dissent by challengers excluded from those networks. Mazur uses variation in the political and demographic characteristics of locales to explain regime strategies, the roles played by local intermediaries, the choice between non-violent and violent resistance, and the salience of ethnicity. By drawing attention to cross-ethnic ties, the book suggests new strategies for understanding ostensibly ethnic conflicts beyond Syria.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mazur, Kevin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. Theory; 3. Networks, identities, and patronage in contemporary Syria; 4. Events of the Syrian uprising; 5. Initial forms of challenge; 6. State networks and non-participation; 7. Logics of state repression and societal response; 8. Particularizing challenge in Kurdish areas; 9. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Mazur, Kevin
Kevin Mazur is Future of Conflict Fellow in the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project at Princeton University. He was previously a Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow at Nuffield College, University of Oxford and has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Arab world.