Civil Society in Yemen: The Political Economy of Activism in Modern Arabia

by Sheila Carapico

• ISBN13: 9780521034821
• ISBN10: 0521034825
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-29
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Sheila Carapico's book on civic participation in modern Yemen makes a pathbreaking contribution to the study of political culture in Arabia. The author traces the complexities of Yemen's history over the past fifty years, considering its response to the colonial encounter and to years of civil unrest. Challenging the stereotypical view of conservative Arab Muslim society, she demonstrates how the country is actively seeking to develop the political, economic and social structures of the modern democratic state. This is an important book that promises to become the definitive statement on twentieth-century Yemen.

Table of Contents

List of tables

Preface and acknowledgements

Note on transliteration and terminology

List of abbreviations

Map

Civil society in comparative perspective

The political economy of twentieth-century states

Contested traditions: Islam, tribes and social services

The first opening: colonialism, liberalism and resistance

The second opening: self-help, social capital, and state power

The third opening: political liberalization and participation

Autocrats and activists: civic responses to political crisis

Political movements, cultural trends and civic potential

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