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Alumni and faculty members who would like to have their books considered for this listing should contact Stacey Himmelberger, editor of Hamilton magazine. This list, which dates back to 2018, is updated periodically with books appearing alphabetically on the date of entry.
Contesting the Repressive State: Why Ordinary Egyptians Protested During the Arab Spring by Kira D. Jumet, assistant professor of government
December 1, 2017

Tags Alumni Book
(New York: Oxford University Press, 2017)
Based on extensive field work, including 170 interviews conducted in Egypt during the Arab Spring, the author offers insight into what motivated thousands to take to the streets against the Mubarak regime in 2011: “[s]ocial media, violent government repression, changes in political opportunities, and the military.”
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