Recently, I’ve been updating the syllabus for my course on social movements in divided societies, which I taught last fall. A lot of interesting research has come out in just one year. Here are 10 academic publications from 2021/2022 that have inspired and enlightened me.
1) Costantini, I. (2021). The Iraqi protest movement: social mobilization amidst violence and instability. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 48(5), 832-849.
Compares Iraqi mobilizations against sectarian elites since 2011. Focus on constraints and movement development.
Compares Iraqi mobilizations against sectarian elites since 2011. Focus on constraints and movement development.
2) Nagle, J., & Fakhoury, T. (2021). Resisting Sectarianism: Queer Activism in Postwar Lebanon. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Traces the evolution of LGBT+ activism in Lebanon and situates this activism within the wider popular resistance against sectarianism.
Traces the evolution of LGBT+ activism in Lebanon and situates this activism within the wider popular resistance against sectarianism.
3) Milan, C. (2021). Navigating Ethnicity: Collective Identities and Movement Framing in Deeply Divided Societies. Nationalities Papers, 1-14.
On the diverse collective identity frames & discursive strategies used by social movements to challenge divisive politics in Bosnia.
On the diverse collective identity frames & discursive strategies used by social movements to challenge divisive politics in Bosnia.
4) Ali, Z. (2021). From recognition to redistribution? Protest movements in Iraq in the age of ‘new civil society’. Journal of intervention and statebuilding, 15(4), 528-542.
Fieldwork-based insights on the perspectives of women, youth & workers in Iraqi protests across time.
Fieldwork-based insights on the perspectives of women, youth & workers in Iraqi protests across time.
5) Khattab, L. W. (2022). The genealogy of social and political mobilization in Lebanon under a neoliberal sectarian regime (2009–2019). Globalizations, 1-18.
Adopts a structural, class-based approach & situates the 2019 protests within a decade of anti-sectarian mobilization.
Adopts a structural, class-based approach & situates the 2019 protests within a decade of anti-sectarian mobilization.
6) Majed, R. (2021). In defense of intra-sectarian divide: Street mobilization, coalition formation, and rapid realignments of sectarian boundaries in Lebanon. Social forces, 99(4), 1772-1798.
Shows shifting political/sectarian fault lines by tracing protest trends & coalitions.
Shows shifting political/sectarian fault lines by tracing protest trends & coalitions.
7) Mironova, V., & Whitt, S. (2022). Maintaining nonviolent self-discipline in hostile protest environments: evidence from the 2019 Baghdad protests. Social Movement Studies, 1-20.
Demonstrates how protests in divided societies can inform wider social movement theory debates.
Demonstrates how protests in divided societies can inform wider social movement theory debates.
8) Osman, K. F. (2022). Revolution and Counter-Revolution in the Tripoli Protests in Lebanon. Protest, 2(1), 29-54.
On patterns of repression in Lebanon’s second largest city, Tripoli, which has been overlooked in previous research on Lebanese protests against sectarianism.
On patterns of repression in Lebanon’s second largest city, Tripoli, which has been overlooked in previous research on Lebanese protests against sectarianism.
9) Mustafa, B. (2022). All About Iraq: Re-Modifying Older Slogans and Chants in Tishreen [October] Protests. Journal of Asian and African Studies (1-20).
Traces the origin of main slogans and chants performed during the first 3 months of Iraq’s 2019 protests.
Traces the origin of main slogans and chants performed during the first 3 months of Iraq’s 2019 protests.
10) Nagle, J. (2022). ‘Where the state freaks out’: Gentrification, Queerspaces and activism in postwar Beirut. Urban Studies, 59(5), 956-973.
Focuses on LGBT+ activism but also illustrates how urban spaces and gentrification influence mobilization of excluded groups.
Focuses on LGBT+ activism but also illustrates how urban spaces and gentrification influence mobilization of excluded groups.
The publications listed here are just examples of new research. Besides journal articles & books, many informative reports have also come out, which have helped me gain a better understanding of social movements in divided societies. Excited to see what the next year will bring!
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