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Official Stories : Politics and National Narratives in Egypt and Algeria.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures SeriesPublisher: Redwood City : Stanford University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (293 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780804792325
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Official StoriesDDC classification:
  • 962.05
LOC classification:
  • DT107
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- A Note on Qawmiyya and Wataniyya -- Acronyms -- Chapter 1. Restor(y)ing the State: National Narratives and Regime Resilience -- Chapter 2. Egypt under Nasser: The Evolution of Revolution -- Chapter 3. Egypt under Sadat and Mubarak: Rescripting Revolution, Redefining Legitimacy -- Chapter 4. Algeria from the Liberation Struggle through Boumedienne: Historic to Revolutionary Legitimacy -- Chapter 5. Algeria from Bendjedid to the Dark Decade: The Narrative Fractures -- Chapter 6. Narrative Rescriptings and Legitimacy Crises -- Epilogue: The Official Narrative and the "Arab Spring": The Limits of Revolution -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Examines the ways that political leaderships in Egypt and Algeria have used national stories--about a state's origins, identity, and bases of unity--as part of broader strategies to assert and retain power in the face of political and economic crises.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- A Note on Qawmiyya and Wataniyya -- Acronyms -- Chapter 1. Restor(y)ing the State: National Narratives and Regime Resilience -- Chapter 2. Egypt under Nasser: The Evolution of Revolution -- Chapter 3. Egypt under Sadat and Mubarak: Rescripting Revolution, Redefining Legitimacy -- Chapter 4. Algeria from the Liberation Struggle through Boumedienne: Historic to Revolutionary Legitimacy -- Chapter 5. Algeria from Bendjedid to the Dark Decade: The Narrative Fractures -- Chapter 6. Narrative Rescriptings and Legitimacy Crises -- Epilogue: The Official Narrative and the "Arab Spring": The Limits of Revolution -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

Examines the ways that political leaderships in Egypt and Algeria have used national stories--about a state's origins, identity, and bases of unity--as part of broader strategies to assert and retain power in the face of political and economic crises.

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