Matteo Capasso

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-