Arab Uprisings: Social Roots in the Historical Context

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Commencing and spreading comprehensive revolts in late 2010 in the Arab Middle East which is calling Arab uprisings, undoubtedly, is one of the important milestones in the region history. These uprisings emanate from the accumulated political, social and economic discontents in the Arab countries that experienced unrests. In other words, theses riots came from disarray that in last decades had involved the Arab countries. Meanwhile, the interesting point is the same backlash to the mentioned disorders in both monarchies and republics or oil and non-oil Arab countries. In addition, the diverse result of the uprising in the both regimes is another interesting point for experts. This study attempts to reply why the reaction of Arab societies in the face of different regimes was similar and focusing on the roots of occurrence revolts. In this paper, as for the multiplicity facets of these uprisings, would be applied Historical Sociology of International Relations (HSIR) as the theoretical framework.

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World Politics
Volume 5, Issue 4
April 2017
Pages 38-7

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