All Outputs (3)

Globalisation and Networked Civility in the Arab Region (2012)
Book Chapter
Encounters and Horizons (41-58). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137031761_3

Globalization is the latest phase in the historic evolution of expansionary capitalism (see also Hinnebusch in this volume). Preceding eras of the internationalization of trade, capital, and labor saw power being located in control over the means of... Read More about Globalisation and Networked Civility in the Arab Region.

The Tunisian elections of October 2011: a democratic consensus. (2012)
Journal Article
Murphy, E. (2013). The Tunisian elections of October 2011: a democratic consensus. The Journal of North African Studies, 18(2), 231-247. https://doi.org/10.1080/13629387.2012.739299

In October 2011, Tunisia held its first free and fair elections since independence was gained in 1956. In January the authoritarian ruler, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali had fled the country, following a month of sustained and widespread popular protest. Th... Read More about The Tunisian elections of October 2011: a democratic consensus..

Problematizing Arab Youth: Generational Narratives of Systemic Failure (2012)
Journal Article
Murphy, E. C. (2012). Problematizing Arab Youth: Generational Narratives of Systemic Failure. Mediterranean Politics, 17(1), 5-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/13629395.2012.655043

Arab youth have proved to be an engine for long-awaited political change in the region, but who are they and how should we understand them as a phenomenon rather than simply a social category? This paper suggests that the various paradigms which exis... Read More about Problematizing Arab Youth: Generational Narratives of Systemic Failure.