Urban subalterns in the Arab revolutions: Cairo and damascus in comparative perspective

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 865-894

  Ismail, Salwa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAB WORLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; POLITICAL RELATIONS; POPULAR PROTEST; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; URBAN POLITICS;

CAIRO [EGYPT]; DAMASCUS; DIMASHQ [SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC]; EGYPT; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 84884641648     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: 14752999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0010417513000443     Document Type: Article

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