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100	1		_aBayat, Asef, _eauthor. _9203866
245	1	0	_aLife as politics : _bhow ordinary people change the Middle East / _cAsef Bayat.
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aCalifornia : _bStanford University Press, _c2013.
520			_a"Prior to 2011, popular imagination perceived the Muslim Middle East as unchanging and unchangeable, frozen in its own traditions and history. In Life as Politics, Asef Bayat argues that such presumptions fail to recognize the routine, yet important, ways in which ordinary people make meaningful change through everyday actions. First published just months before the Arab Spring swept across the region, this timely and prophetic book sheds light on the ongoing acts of protest, practice, and direct daily action. The second edition includes three new chapters on the Arab Spring and Iran's Green Movement and is fully updated to reflect recent events. At heart, the book remains a study of agency in times of constraint. In addition to ongoing protests, millions of people across the Middle East are effecting transformation through the discovery and creation of new social spaces within which to make their claims heard. This eye-opening book makes an important contribution to global debates over the meaning of social movements and the dynamics of social change"--
650		0	_aSocial movements _zMiddle East. _9154877
650		0	_aSocial change _zMiddle East. _9231158
650		0	_aPolitical participation _zMiddle East. _9332571
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