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This chapter concludes the volume and fulfills two interrelated purposes. Firstly, based on the discussion of popular mobilization for socio-political change prior to and during the Egyptian Uprising of 2011, the chapter fleshes out a number of key findings of a more general and generalizable nature. These are namely the critical importance of rather short-term shifts in the perceptions of both political opportunities and threats. These changes not only play a crucial role in attempts to mobilize a large cross-section of society, but also in the actual diffusion of protest. Secondly, the chapter puts the January 25 Uprising into the context of the Egyptian post-revolutionary era, which has been marked by a dramatically increased repressive threat to most forms of real or perceived opposition.
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Wackenhut, A.F. (2020). The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same. In: Understanding Protest Diffusion. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39350-2_5
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