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The Arab Spring in the Global Political EconomyThe Chinese Butterfly and the Arab Spring: Bread and Globalisation

The Arab Spring in the Global Political Economy: The Chinese Butterfly and the Arab Spring: Bread... [There is no denying the role that the economy played in the revolts going under the name of the Arab Spring. The two people who set fire to themselves in Tunisia and Egypt, sparking the uprisings, did so for economic motivations.1 The protesters who took to the streets in Cairo, did so screaming ‘Bread’ (Aish) as one of their main slogans. Even in the academic literature on the Arab Spring there seems to be now some agreement on the relevance of economic factors (Noueihed and Warren 2012: 5–6; Maloney 2011: 66).2] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Arab Spring in the Global Political EconomyThe Chinese Butterfly and the Arab Spring: Bread and Globalisation

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Palgrave Macmillan UK
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© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
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978-1-349-44482-3
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14 –44
DOI
10.1057/9781137272195_2
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Abstract

[There is no denying the role that the economy played in the revolts going under the name of the Arab Spring. The two people who set fire to themselves in Tunisia and Egypt, sparking the uprisings, did so for economic motivations.1 The protesters who took to the streets in Cairo, did so screaming ‘Bread’ (Aish) as one of their main slogans. Even in the academic literature on the Arab Spring there seems to be now some agreement on the relevance of economic factors (Noueihed and Warren 2012: 5–6; Maloney 2011: 66).2]

Published: Oct 28, 2015

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Civil Society; Financial Market; World Economy; Food Price

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