Lucia Ardovini
Biographic Data
| ID | 4163530 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lucia Ardovini |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lucia |
| FAMILY NAME | Ardovini |
| SIGNATURE | ARDOVINI L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Swedish Institute of International Affairs |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9840-5003 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Voices across borders
This Special Issue brings together scholars working on transnational diaspora activism and transnational repression. As diasporas have increasingly become powerful political actors and transnational agents of intervention and change, authoritarian states have continued to expand their mechanism of control and repression across borders. Centring the voices and experiences of those engaged in – and subjected to - these dynamics, the Special Issue f…
Host state’s policy and institutional challenges in addressing transnational repression within their borders
The Egyptian government's crackdown on dissent extends beyond its borders, with diaspora members facing threats and intimidation even in exile. This article examines the institutional and policy challenges host states face when attempting to tackle transnational repression within their borders, focusing on the post-2013 Egyptian diaspora in the UK as a case study. It highlights that the UK still lacks the necessary awareness and policy tools to a…
The Failure of the Social Contract in Iraq
This article focuses on the failure of the post-2003 social contract in Iraq. It relies on extensive primary data collected in all of Iraq's 19 provinces through Focus Groups and Online Surveys. It develops an analytical framework based on five core elements (corruption, services, security, economy, and governance), that can be applied to the assessment of the state of a social contract. The article argues that the steady decline of the social co…
Surviving repression
Surviving repression tells the story of the Muslim Brotherhood after the 2013 coup. The movement quickly rose to power following the 2011 Arab uprisings, but its premature removal marked the beginning of the harshest repression of its troubled history. Forced into exile, the Brotherhood and its members are faced with the monumental task of having to rebuild a fragmented organisation. The book looks at this new era in the movement's history throug…
Struggle Is Our Way
This article focuses on the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's relationship with violence after the 2013 military coup. Following the Brotherhood's sudden ouster from government, scholars predicted that renewed repression would lead to the radicalization of wings of the movement, particularly speculating that the youth would resort to violence as a way to respond to the regime. Indeed, calls in favor of the use of violence were recorded and associated…
Years On
Although the popular protests that swept across the Middle East and North Africa in 2011 were short-lived, their long-term consequences are still resonating through the region a decade after their outbreak. Islamist movements have been affected in different ways by the drastic change in the political, social and geographical contexts in which they historically operated, highlighting the need for a renewed examination of these changed circumstance…
Introduction to the Special Issue
Re-thinking the Tanẓīm
This article traces the struggle between individual agency and organizational structures characterizing the Muslim Brotherhood in the aftermath of the 2013 coup, identifying these tensions as a main point of contention driving its restructuring and fragmentation. Since Mohammed Morsi’s violent toppling, the Brotherhood experienced a process of gradual fragmentation, with tensions developing between different approaches to repression. Yet, while t…
Gulf states and Islamist responses to Covid-19
This article focuses on the outbreak of COVID-19 in the Gulf and examines how different responses to the pandemic are affecting the relationship between state institutions and Islamist actors. Several states and regimes are attempting to contain the spread of COVID-19 by imposing increasingly authoritarian measures and tightening social control, which in turn is causing a renewed wave of social unrest. The article shows how, in this increasingly …
Stagnation Vs adaptation
This article traces the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s trajectories in the aftermath of 2013 up to 2018, focusing on the main challenges that the movement faces when trying to react to its perceived failure and ongoing repression. Following the coup, the Brotherhood entered a state of stagnation that is currently struggling to break out from. With most of its historical leadership either abroad or in jail, the Brotherhood is splintering into diffe…
Egypt’s unbreakable curse
This paper uses Giorgio Agamben’s State of Exception as a theoretical approach that allows us to see how emergency legislations operate in the region as mechanisms of control and dominant paradigms of governance. Relying on Egypt as a case study, this paper traces the significance of emergency rule throughout Mubarak’s era up until Al Sisi’s 2014 Constitution. It applies a four-stage analytical framework to investigate whether or not Egypt was in…
State-led security responses and violent extremism
This article investigates the link between the deterioration of state-society relations and the increase in state-sponsored violence in the MENA region in the aftermath of the Arab Uprisings. It does so to address the question of whether state-led security responses are directly related to the perceived proliferation of violent extremism networks. Relying on the comparative analysis of Libya, Egypt and Tunisia, the article argues that together wi…
People, sects and states
People, Sects and States: Interrogating Sectarianism in the Contemporary Middle EastIn late 2010, the self--immolation of the Tunisian street vendor Mohammad Bouazzizi triggered the outbreak of the Arab Uprisings, the ramifications of which shaped the nature of regional relations over the coming half--decade.His act, borne out of socio-economic frustrations triggered a spate of protests that dramatically altered the regional order and fragmenting…
Voices across borders
This Special Issue brings together scholars working on transnational diaspora activism and transnational repression. As diasporas have increasingly become powerful political actors and transnational agents of intervention and change, authoritarian states have continued to expand their mechanism of control and repression across borders. Centring the voices and experiences of those engaged in – and subjected to - these dynamics, the Special Issue f…
Stagnation Vs adaptation
This article traces the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s trajectories in the aftermath of 2013 up to 2018, focusing on the main challenges that the movement faces when trying to react to its perceived failure and ongoing repression. Following the coup, the Brotherhood entered a state of stagnation that is currently struggling to break out from. With most of its historical leadership either abroad or in jail, the Brotherhood is splintering into diffe…
Years On
Although the popular protests that swept across the Middle East and North Africa in 2011 were short-lived, their long-term consequences are still resonating through the region a decade after their outbreak. Islamist movements have been affected in different ways by the drastic change in the political, social and geographical contexts in which they historically operated, highlighting the need for a renewed examination of these changed circumstance…
Egypt’s unbreakable curse
This paper uses Giorgio Agamben’s State of Exception as a theoretical approach that allows us to see how emergency legislations operate in the region as mechanisms of control and dominant paradigms of governance. Relying on Egypt as a case study, this paper traces the significance of emergency rule throughout Mubarak’s era up until Al Sisi’s 2014 Constitution. It applies a four-stage analytical framework to investigate whether or not Egypt was in…
Host state’s policy and institutional challenges in addressing transnational repression within their borders
The Egyptian government's crackdown on dissent extends beyond its borders, with diaspora members facing threats and intimidation even in exile. This article examines the institutional and policy challenges host states face when attempting to tackle transnational repression within their borders, focusing on the post-2013 Egyptian diaspora in the UK as a case study. It highlights that the UK still lacks the necessary awareness and policy tools to a…
People, sects and states
People, Sects and States: Interrogating Sectarianism in the Contemporary Middle EastIn late 2010, the self--immolation of the Tunisian street vendor Mohammad Bouazzizi triggered the outbreak of the Arab Uprisings, the ramifications of which shaped the nature of regional relations over the coming half--decade.His act, borne out of socio-economic frustrations triggered a spate of protests that dramatically altered the regional order and fragmenting…
Re-thinking the Tanẓīm
This article traces the struggle between individual agency and organizational structures characterizing the Muslim Brotherhood in the aftermath of the 2013 coup, identifying these tensions as a main point of contention driving its restructuring and fragmentation. Since Mohammed Morsi’s violent toppling, the Brotherhood experienced a process of gradual fragmentation, with tensions developing between different approaches to repression. Yet, while t…
The Failure of the Social Contract in Iraq
This article focuses on the failure of the post-2003 social contract in Iraq. It relies on extensive primary data collected in all of Iraq's 19 provinces through Focus Groups and Online Surveys. It develops an analytical framework based on five core elements (corruption, services, security, economy, and governance), that can be applied to the assessment of the state of a social contract. The article argues that the steady decline of the social co…
Struggle Is Our Way
This article focuses on the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's relationship with violence after the 2013 military coup. Following the Brotherhood's sudden ouster from government, scholars predicted that renewed repression would lead to the radicalization of wings of the movement, particularly speculating that the youth would resort to violence as a way to respond to the regime. Indeed, calls in favor of the use of violence were recorded and associated…
Introduction to the Special Issue
People, sects and states
People, Sects and States: Interrogating Sectarianism in the Contemporary Middle EastIn late 2010, the self--immolation of the Tunisian street vendor Mohammad Bouazzizi triggered the outbreak of the Arab Uprisings, the ramifications of which shaped the nature of regional relations over the coming half--decade.His act, borne out of socio-economic frustrations triggered a spate of protests that dramatically altered the regional order and fragmenting…
State-led security responses and violent extremism
This article investigates the link between the deterioration of state-society relations and the increase in state-sponsored violence in the MENA region in the aftermath of the Arab Uprisings. It does so to address the question of whether state-led security responses are directly related to the perceived proliferation of violent extremism networks. Relying on the comparative analysis of Libya, Egypt and Tunisia, the article argues that together wi…
Egypt’s unbreakable curse
This paper uses Giorgio Agamben’s State of Exception as a theoretical approach that allows us to see how emergency legislations operate in the region as mechanisms of control and dominant paradigms of governance. Relying on Egypt as a case study, this paper traces the significance of emergency rule throughout Mubarak’s era up until Al Sisi’s 2014 Constitution. It applies a four-stage analytical framework to investigate whether or not Egypt was in…
Gulf states and Islamist responses to Covid-19
This article focuses on the outbreak of COVID-19 in the Gulf and examines how different responses to the pandemic are affecting the relationship between state institutions and Islamist actors. Several states and regimes are attempting to contain the spread of COVID-19 by imposing increasingly authoritarian measures and tightening social control, which in turn is causing a renewed wave of social unrest. The article shows how, in this increasingly …
Stagnation Vs adaptation
This article traces the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s trajectories in the aftermath of 2013 up to 2018, focusing on the main challenges that the movement faces when trying to react to its perceived failure and ongoing repression. Following the coup, the Brotherhood entered a state of stagnation that is currently struggling to break out from. With most of its historical leadership either abroad or in jail, the Brotherhood is splintering into diffe…
Years On
Although the popular protests that swept across the Middle East and North Africa in 2011 were short-lived, their long-term consequences are still resonating through the region a decade after their outbreak. Islamist movements have been affected in different ways by the drastic change in the political, social and geographical contexts in which they historically operated, highlighting the need for a renewed examination of these changed circumstance…
Introduction to the Special Issue
Re-thinking the Tanẓīm
This article traces the struggle between individual agency and organizational structures characterizing the Muslim Brotherhood in the aftermath of the 2013 coup, identifying these tensions as a main point of contention driving its restructuring and fragmentation. Since Mohammed Morsi’s violent toppling, the Brotherhood experienced a process of gradual fragmentation, with tensions developing between different approaches to repression. Yet, while t…
Surviving repression
Surviving repression tells the story of the Muslim Brotherhood after the 2013 coup. The movement quickly rose to power following the 2011 Arab uprisings, but its premature removal marked the beginning of the harshest repression of its troubled history. Forced into exile, the Brotherhood and its members are faced with the monumental task of having to rebuild a fragmented organisation. The book looks at this new era in the movement's history throug…
Struggle Is Our Way
This article focuses on the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's relationship with violence after the 2013 military coup. Following the Brotherhood's sudden ouster from government, scholars predicted that renewed repression would lead to the radicalization of wings of the movement, particularly speculating that the youth would resort to violence as a way to respond to the regime. Indeed, calls in favor of the use of violence were recorded and associated…
The Failure of the Social Contract in Iraq
This article focuses on the failure of the post-2003 social contract in Iraq. It relies on extensive primary data collected in all of Iraq's 19 provinces through Focus Groups and Online Surveys. It develops an analytical framework based on five core elements (corruption, services, security, economy, and governance), that can be applied to the assessment of the state of a social contract. The article argues that the steady decline of the social co…
Voices across borders
This Special Issue brings together scholars working on transnational diaspora activism and transnational repression. As diasporas have increasingly become powerful political actors and transnational agents of intervention and change, authoritarian states have continued to expand their mechanism of control and repression across borders. Centring the voices and experiences of those engaged in – and subjected to - these dynamics, the Special Issue f…
Host state’s policy and institutional challenges in addressing transnational repression within their borders
The Egyptian government's crackdown on dissent extends beyond its borders, with diaspora members facing threats and intimidation even in exile. This article examines the institutional and policy challenges host states face when attempting to tackle transnational repression within their borders, focusing on the post-2013 Egyptian diaspora in the UK as a case study. It highlights that the UK still lacks the necessary awareness and policy tools to a…
Political science (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Political economy (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (7 works) · Economics (4 works) · Islamic Studies and History (4 works) · State (computer science (4 works) · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (4 works)