TY - BOOK AU - Matteo Capasso TI - Everyday Politics in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya T2 - Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East SN - 9780815637967 PY - 2023/// CY - Syracuse PB - Syracuse University Press KW - Libyans KW - Great Britain KW - Italy KW - Libya KW - History KW - Civil War, 2011- KW - Causes KW - Politics and government KW - 1969-2011 KW - Refugees N1 - 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 N2 - "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"-- ER -