Everyday Politics in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- ix, 227 p., 23 cm
- Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-217) and index.
Mapping the everyday -- Violence, fear, and surveillance -- Alienation, corruption, and humour -- Oil, consumerism, and capitalist modernity -- Revolution, powerlessness, and war.
"The book provides a vivid account of the intricate dynamics of power that characterized the Libyan Arab al-Jamahiriyah through the eyes of its own people. The research is based on the collection of sixty-six oral histories with Libyan individuals, who had all left the country in the aftermath of 2011, and took place in the United Kingdom and Italy through 2015-17"--
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Libyans--Great Britain Libyans--Italy
Libya--History--Causes--Civil War, 2011- Libya--Politics and government--1969-2011 Libya--History--Refugees--Civil War, 2011-