GV4F2 Half Unit
Popular Politics in the Middle East
This information is for the 2015/16 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr John Chalcraft CON5.16
Availability
This course is available on the MSc in Comparative Politics, MSc in Conflict Studies, MSc in Global Politics, MSc in Global Politics (Global Civil Society) and MSc in Political Sociology. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.
This course is capped at 3 groups. The deadline for receipt of applications will be between Wednesday 1 and Monday 12 October 2015, depending on the course. The exact deadline for applications will be confirmed at your programme induction.
Course content
The course explores the role of popular politics in the making of the modern Middle East. The primary focus is on the Arab world but reference is also made to Iran, Israel and Turkey. We study the origins, course and consequences of popular protest, social and political movements, uprisings and revolutions in the region. Our cases are drawn from the early twentieth century to the present. Common topics include the first intifada in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (1987-1991), the Iranian revolution of 1979, everyday modes of resistance, labour movements, Islamic activism in Egypt, and the Arab upris