Journal article
Fridays of revolution: focal days and mass protest in Egypt and Tunisia
- Abstract:
-
Focal days of protest are increasingly common to episodes of revolutionary mobilization. This paper explores the significance of focal days in patterning sustained protest in Egypt and Tunisia from 2011 to 2012. In Egypt, resource-poor activists exploited the confluence of worshippers on Fridays to mobilize mass transitory protest. This reliance on ritualized action hindered cross-sectoral coordination and meant mass protest often failed to inflict a direct economic cost. In Tunisia, there wa...
Expand abstract
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
Actions
Authors
Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- SAGE Publications Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Political Research Quarterly Journal website
- Article number:
- 1065912919893463
- Publication date:
- 2019-12-15
- Acceptance date:
- 2019-11-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
-
1938-274X
- ISSN:
-
1065-9129
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
-
1088498
- Local pid:
- pubs:1088498
- Deposit date:
- 2020-03-19
Terms of use
- Copyright holder:
- University of Utah
- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Rights statement:
- © 2019 University of Utah
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available from SAGE Publications at: https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1065912919893463
If you are the owner of this record, you can report an update to it here: Report update to this record