https://metropolitics.org/ Favoriser les débats et confronter les savoirs et les savoir-faire sur la ville, l'architecture et les territoires. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://metropolitics.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH20/siteon0-bf96f.png?1760617828 https://metropolitics.org/ 20 144 https://metropolitics.org/Arab-Cities-in-Revolution-Some.html https://metropolitics.org/Arab-Cities-in-Revolution-Some.html 2011-02-25T08:04:37Z text/html en Éric Verdeil & translated by Oliver Waine Arab city revolution urban economy collective action Arab Spring Egypt Tunisia <p>Are the revolutions we are currently witnessing in Tunisia and Egypt essentially urban revolutions? Éric Verdeil examines the problems facing the economies and public services of Arab cities, which have, in part, given rise to these movements. <br class='autobr' /> Like many observers, I have been keenly watching and left somewhat dumbfounded by the extraordinary events that have unfolded since 14 January in Tunisia and which, over the last week, have also spread to Egypt (a country I know very little about, I</p> - <a href="https://metropolitics.org/-Essays-.html" rel="directory">Essays</a> / <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Arab-city-+.html" rel="tag">Arab city</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-revolution,187-+.html" rel="tag">revolution</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-urban-economy-+.html" rel="tag">urban economy</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-collective-action-+.html" rel="tag">collective action</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Arab-Spring-+.html" rel="tag">Arab Spring</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Egypt-+.html" rel="tag">Egypt</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Tunisia-+.html" rel="tag">Tunisia</a>