Book contents
- The Arab Spring Abroad
- Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
- The Arab Spring Abroad
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Transliteration
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Diaspora Activism and the Dynamics of Voice
- 2 Exit from Authoritarianism
- 3 Silenced and Split
- 4 Coming Out and Coming Together
- 5 Voice for Rebellion and Relief
- 6 Converting Resources to the Cause
- 7 Gaining Geopolitical Support
- Conclusion
- Methodological Appendix
- References
- Index
- Series page
6 - Converting Resources to the Cause
- The Arab Spring Abroad
- Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
- The Arab Spring Abroad
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Transliteration
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Diaspora Activism and the Dynamics of Voice
- 2 Exit from Authoritarianism
- 3 Silenced and Split
- 4 Coming Out and Coming Together
- 5 Voice for Rebellion and Relief
- 6 Converting Resources to the Cause
- 7 Gaining Geopolitical Support
- Conclusion
- Methodological Appendix
- References
- Index
- Series page
Summary
Chapter 6 demonstrates how the varied conversion of diaspora activists' resources—their home-country network ties, social capital, and fungible resources—mitigated their interventions in the Libyan, Syrian, and Yemeni revolutions from the United States and Great Britain.
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- The Arab Spring AbroadDiaspora Activism against Authoritarian Regimes, pp. 174 - 201Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021