[Introduction to] Civil Society in Yemen: The Political Economy of Activism in Modern Arabia

Sheila Carapico\u27s book on civic participation in modern Yemen makes a pathbreaking contribution to the study of political culture in Arabia. The author traces the complexities of Yemen\u27s history over the past fifty years, considering its response to the colonial encounter and to years of civil unrest. Challenging the stereotypical view of conservative Arab Muslim society, she demonstrates how the country is actively seeking to develop the political, economic and social structures of the modern democratic state. This is an important book that promises to become the definitive statement on twentieth-century Yemen.https://scholarship.richmond.edu/bookshelf/1145/thumbnail.jp