THERE ARE WEEKS WHEN DECADES HAPPEN: STRUCTURE AND STRATEGY IN THE EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION

IF 1.3 2区社会学 Q3 SOCIOLOGY

Mobilization Pub Date : 2012-12-01 DOI:10.17813/MAIQ.17.4.905210228N564037

A. Holmes

引用次数: 50

Abstract

*† This article analyzes the 2011 uprising in Egypt in order to understand how an entrenched autocratic ruler could be toppled in a mere eighteen days. Refuting arguments that focus on the role of the social media, or divisions among the elite, and the alleged neutrality of the Egyptian military, I argue that a revolutionary coalition of the middle and lower classes created a breaking point for the regime. Key features of this mass mobilization included the refusal of protesters to be cowed by state violence, the creation of “liberated zones” occupied by the people, as well as “popular security” organizations that replaced the repressive security apparatus of the state, and strikes that crippled the economy in the final days of the Mubarak era. My research is based on participant observation in and around Tahrir Square as well as dozens of interviews with Egyptian citizens.

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埃及革命的结构和战略，在几周内就会发生几十年的变化

*†本文分析了2011年埃及的起义，以了解一个根深蒂固的专制统治者是如何在短短18天内被推翻的。我反驳了那些关注社交媒体的作用、精英阶层之间的分歧以及埃及军方所谓的中立性的论点，我认为中下层阶级的革命联盟为政权创造了一个突破点。这次大规模动员的主要特征包括抗议者拒绝被国家暴力吓倒，创建由人民占领的“解放区”，以及取代国家镇压性安全机构的“大众安全”组织，以及在穆巴拉克时代最后几天削弱经济的罢工。我的研究基于对解放广场及其周边地区的参与观察，以及对数十名埃及公民的采访。

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Mobilization SOCIOLOGY-

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期刊介绍： Mobilization: An International Quarterly is the premier journal of research specializing in social movements, protests, insurgencies, revolutions, and other forms of contentious politics. Mobilization was first published in 1996 to fill the need for a scholarly review of research that focused exclusively with social movements, protest and collective action. Mobilization is fully peer-reviewed and widely indexed. A 2003 study, when Mobilization was published semiannually, showed that its citation index rate was 1.286, which placed it among the top ten sociology journals. Today, Mobilization is published four times a year, in March, June, September, and December. The editorial board is composed of thirty internationally recognized scholars from political science, sociology and social psychology. The goal of Mobilization is to provide a forum for global, scholarly dialogue. It is currently distributed to the top international research libraries and read by the most engaged scholars in the field. We hope that through its wide distribution, different research strategies and theoretical/conceptual approaches will be shared among the global community of social movement scholars, encouraging a collaborative process that will further the development of a cumulative social science.