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This document appears to be page 25 of an academic or policy paper discussing the sociological causes of the Arab Spring (referred to as the 'current Arab uprising'). It analyzes the moral dimensions of social change, referencing the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi in December 2010. The page includes footnotes citing various political science and sociological works. The footer 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023482' indicates this document was produced as part of a US House Oversight Committee investigation, likely included in a larger cache of documents related to the investigation's subject (such as Jeffrey Epstein's financial connections or banking relationships), though the text of this specific page does not mention Epstein.
People (8)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Mohamed Bouazizi | Subject of text |
Tunisian vegetable seller whose self-immolation triggered the Arab uprising.
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| Francis Fukuyama | Author/Reference |
Mentioned in Footnote 1 regarding 'Political Order in Changing Societies'.
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| Fareed Zakaria | Author/Reference |
Mentioned in Footnote 3 regarding 'The Future of Freedom'.
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| Lee Kuan Yew | Subject of Reference |
Mentioned in Footnote 3 in a conversation with Zakaria.
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| Sebastian Mallaby | Author/Reference |
Mentioned in Footnote 4 regarding 'The World's Banker'.
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| James Wolfensohn | Subject of Reference |
Referenced as 'Wolfenson' in Footnote 4 regarding his presidency (presumably of the World Bank).
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| Harold James | Author/Reference |
Mentioned in Footnote 5.
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| Mancur Olson | Author/Reference |
Mentioned in Footnote 5.
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Organizations (7)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Yale University Press |
Publisher mentioned in Footnote 1.
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| American Sociological Review |
Journal mentioned in Footnote 2.
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| W. W. Norton |
Publisher mentioned in Footnote 3.
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| Foreign Affairs |
Publication mentioned in Footnote 3.
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| Penguin Press |
Publisher mentioned in Footnote 4.
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| The American Interest |
Publication mentioned in Footnote 5.
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| US House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the footer 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (1 events)
December 2010
Start of the Arab uprising triggered by Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation.
Tunisia
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Origin of Mohamed Bouazizi.
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Region where the uprising spread.
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"The current Arab uprising was triggered by the self-immolation of an overeducated 26-year-old Tunisian vegetable seller whose cart was repeatedly confiscated by the authorities."Source
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"We will probably never understand, even in retrospect, why the dry tinder of outraged dignity suddenly ignited in this fashion in December 2010..."Source
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The part of social change that is the hardest to understand in a
positivistic way is the moral dimension—that is, the ideas that people
carry around in their heads regarding legitimacy, justice, dignity and
community. The current Arab uprising was triggered by the self-
immolation of an overeducated 26-year-old Tunisian vegetable seller
whose cart was repeatedly confiscated by the authorities. After
Mohamed Bouazizi was slapped by a policewoman when he tried to
complain, he reached the end of his tether. Bouazizi’s public suicide
turned into a social movement because contemporary
communications technologies facilitated the growth of a new social
space where middle-class people could recognize and organize
around their common interests. We will probably never understand,
even in retrospect, why the dry tinder of outraged dignity suddenly
ignited in this fashion in December 2010 as opposed to 2009, or ten
years before that, and why the conflagration spread to some Arab
countries but not to others. But we can certainly do a better job in
putting together the few pieces we do understand, in a way that would
be useful to policymakers coping with the reality of social change.
positivistic way is the moral dimension—that is, the ideas that people
carry around in their heads regarding legitimacy, justice, dignity and
community. The current Arab uprising was triggered by the self-
immolation of an overeducated 26-year-old Tunisian vegetable seller
whose cart was repeatedly confiscated by the authorities. After
Mohamed Bouazizi was slapped by a policewoman when he tried to
complain, he reached the end of his tether. Bouazizi’s public suicide
turned into a social movement because contemporary
communications technologies facilitated the growth of a new social
space where middle-class people could recognize and organize
around their common interests. We will probably never understand,
even in retrospect, why the dry tinder of outraged dignity suddenly
ignited in this fashion in December 2010 as opposed to 2009, or ten
years before that, and why the conflagration spread to some Arab
countries but not to others. But we can certainly do a better job in
putting together the few pieces we do understand, in a way that would
be useful to policymakers coping with the reality of social change.
1Huntington, Political Order in Changing Societies: With a New Forward by Francis Fukuyama (Yale
University Press, 2006).
University Press, 2006).
2Davies, “Towards a Theory of Revolution”, American Sociological Review, Vol. 27 (1962).
3Zakaria, The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad (W. W. Norton, 2003); see
also Zakaria, “A Conversation with Lee Kuan Yew”, Foreign Affairs (March/April 1994).
also Zakaria, “A Conversation with Lee Kuan Yew”, Foreign Affairs (March/April 1994).
4For a description of the Wolfenson presidency, see Sebastian Mallaby, The World’s Banker: A Story of
Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations (Penguin Press, 2004).
Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations (Penguin Press, 2004).
5See Harold James’s retroview, entitled “Growing Pains”, of a classic December 1963 essay by Mancur
Olson (“Rapid Growth as a Destabilizing Force”) in The American Interest (September/October 2006).
Olson (“Rapid Growth as a Destabilizing Force”) in The American Interest (September/October 2006).
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