Sudan's unfinished democracy : the promise and betrayal of a people's revolution / Willow Berridge, Justin Lynch, Raga Makawi & Alex De Waal.
Contributor(s): Lynch, Justin [author.] | Makawi, Raga [author.] | De Waal, Alex [author.]
| International African Institute [associated with work.]Series: African arguments: Publisher: London : Hurst & Company, 2022Description: 1 online resource (xv, 264 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197657546Subject(s): Sudan -- History -- 2011- | Sudan -- Politics and government -- 21st centuryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9781787385351DDC classification: 962.4043 LOC classification: DT157.675 | .B4 2022Summary: This volume tells the story of the Sudanese revolution of 2019; of how it succeeded in bringing down the long-standing rule of President Omar al-Bashir; and of the troubled transitional civilian-led government that was installed in his place. It sets the scrupulously non-violent uprising in its historical context, showing how the protesters drew upon the precedents of earlier civic revolutions and adapted their practices to the challenges of the al-Bashir regime. It also explores how that regime was brought to its knees through its inability to manage the intersecting economic and political crises caused by the secession of South Sudan and the loss of oil revenue, alongside the uncontrolled expansion of a sprawling security apparatus.
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Published in collaboration with the International African Institute.
Also issued in print: 2022.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume tells the story of the Sudanese revolution of 2019; of how it succeeded in bringing down the long-standing rule of President Omar al-Bashir; and of the troubled transitional civilian-led government that was installed in his place. It sets the scrupulously non-violent uprising in its historical context, showing how the protesters drew upon the precedents of earlier civic revolutions and adapted their practices to the challenges of the al-Bashir regime. It also explores how that regime was brought to its knees through its inability to manage the intersecting economic and political crises caused by the secession of South Sudan and the loss of oil revenue, alongside the uncontrolled expansion of a sprawling security apparatus.
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