Dear all,
There is a book launch on the 21st of November that might be of interest to some of you. See the details below.
Best,
Maaike
Maaike Homan
PhD Candidate at the Political Science Department
Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research
University of Amsterdam
Room B10.01
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Please join us for this month’s ACCS Book Talk:
Elizabeth Nugent (WZB, Princeton University)
Drawing on original interviews and a wealth of new historical data, Elizabeth Nugent documents polarization among the opposition in Tunisia and Egypt prior to the Arab Spring, tracing how different kinds of repression
influenced the bonds between opposition groups. She demonstrates how widespread repression created shared political identities and decreased polarization—such as in Tunisia—while targeted repression like that carried out against the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt
led opposition groups to build distinct identities that increased polarization among them. This helps explain why elites in Tunisia were able to compromise, cooperate, and continue on the path to democratic consolidation while deeply polarized elites in Egypt contributed
to the rapid reentrenchment of authoritarianism.
21 November 2022
15:30-17:00
REC A2.04
Followed by a reception at CREA
Dr. Nugent would also be happy to meet with PhDs for coffee before her talk; please contact abbey.steele@uva.nl if you would like to join.
Abbey Steele, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Amsterdam
Book: Democracy
and Displacement in Colombia’s Civil War, Cornell University Press 2017