Amazigh Politics in the Wake of the Arab Spring

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

ISBN 10: 1477324828 / ISBN 13: 9781477324820

Published by MU - University of Texas Press, 2022

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Synopsis:

On television, the Arab Spring took place in Cairo, Tunis, and the city-states of the Persian Gulf. Yet the drama of 2010, and the decade of subsequent activism, extended beyond the cities―indeed, beyond Arabs. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman brings to light the sustained post–Arab Spring political movement of North Africa’s Amazigh people.

The Amazigh movement did not begin with the Arab Spring, but it has changed significantly since then. Amazigh Politics in the Wake of the Arab Spring details the increasingly material goals of Amazigh activism, as protest has shifted from the arena of ethnocultural recognition to that of legal and socioeconomic equality. Amazigh communities responded to the struggles for freedom around them by pressing territorial and constitutional claims while rejecting official discrimination and neglect. Arab activists, steeped in postcolonial nationalism and protective of their hegemonic position, largely refused their support, yet flailing regimes were forced to respond to sharpening Amazigh demands or else jeopardize their threadbare legitimacy. Today the Amazigh question looms larger than ever, as North African governments find they can no longer ignore the movement’s interests.

About the Author:

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman is a professor (emeritus) of Middle Eastern and African History, and a senior fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University. He is the author of The Berber Identity Movement and the Challenge to North African States, A Century of Arab Politics: From the Arab Revolt to the Arab Spring, and The Crystallization of the Arab State System, 1945–1954.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Amazigh Politics in the Wake of the Arab ...
Publisher: MU - University of Texas Press
Publication Date: 2022
Binding: HRD
Condition: New