Amy Austin Holmes is Associate Professor of
Sociology at the American University in Cairo, Visiting Scholar at
the Weatherhead Center of Harvard University, and Fellow at the
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She is the author
of Social Unrest and American Military Bases in Turkey and Germany
since 1945. Having spent a decade living in the Middle East through
the period known as the Arab Spring, she has published numerous
articles on Egypt, Turkey, Bahrain, and the Kurdish regions of Iraq
and Syria. She has written about human rights violations including
the Rabaa/Nahda massacre which she witnessed in August 2013; the
crackdown on civil society; as well as the issue of US military aid
to Egypt.
"In Coups and Revolutions, Holmes turns a fresh lens on the
Egyptian uprisings. Framing recent waves of social mobilization in
Egypt as a historical process, she offers a detailed account of the
multiple, distinct moments of protest the country has witnessed
between 2011 and 2018. Along the way, we learn much about the
micro-dynamics of the revolutionary process and the ways in which
coups, revolutions, and counter-coups can evolve symbiotically."-"
-- Melani Cammett, Clarence Dillon Professor of International
Affairs, Harvard University
"Amy Austin Holmes' take on Egypt's 2013 coup and subsequent
repression is original as well as compelling, even for readers who
have followed events in the country closely. Her ethnographic
research on social movements including Tamarod and careful analysis
of why the military crushed not only the Muslim Brotherhood but all
forms of popular mobilization add much to the literature on coups
and counter revolutions in general, as well as on contemporary
Egypt" -- Michele Dunne, Senior Fellow and Director of the Middle
East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
"Amy Austin Holmes has written an empirically rich book on the
Egyptian revolutionary uprising of 2011 and its aftermath. Her book
is grounded in interviews with activists, her own participation in
many of the events she describes, and contemporary video and
journalist accounts. Holmes offers a novel and provocative idea for
comprehending the ouster of Mohamed Morsi: a coup from below. This
will undoubtedly spark debate among scholars of social movements,
revolutionary change, and contemporary Egyptian politics" -- Ellis
Goldberg, Professor Emeritus, University of Washington
"Coups and Revolutions masterfully analyzes the waves of revolution
and counterrevolution in Egypt between 2011 and 2018. Holmes'
analysis rests upon both a close familiarity with events in Egypt
and a nuanced deployment of social-scientific theories of coups and
revolutions. Her novel concept of 'coup from below' will surely
generate much discussion and debate. Read this book to understand
why and how a promising revolution was ruthlessly crushed" -- Jeff
Goodwin, Professor of Sociology, New York University
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