{"product_id":"rebel-populism-philip-proudfoot-9781526158109","title":"Rebel Populism: Revolution and Loss Among Syrian Labourers in Beirut","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorkers from the Syrian diaspora have maintained a presence in Lebanon for decades, building multimillion-dollar apartment complexes, toiling for backbreaking hours in grocery stores. From the mid-2000s, liberalising reforms saw accelerating levels of poverty among workers, often paid as low as $20 per day. Instead of 'opportunity', workers faced the prospect of indefinite economic exile, the unending drudgery of hard labour, and a constant struggle to make ends meet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But in 2011, revolution came to Syria. Rural towns and villages exploded in revolt, but even those workers who remained in Beirut found means to protest at a distance. Their movement, which this book identifies as 'rebel populism, ' represents an early instance of an increasingly common global contentious political formation, a form of mass politics that emerges not via a charismatic orator or developed ideological convictions, but through the weaving together of grievances aimed at the ruling class.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Proudfoot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1526158108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526158109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Philip Proudfoot","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44068468097279,"sku":"9781526158109","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_349ca2b3-da3b-4a35-9f95-a821f80780e7.jpg?v=1685419174","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rebel-populism-philip-proudfoot-9781526158109","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}