marting
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I'm trying to remember the title/author of a book.
It was published in the 80's and discussed, et al, the Iranian revolution, the disintegration of the Soviet Union and analyzed the shifts in popular sentiment. In particular the author noted that people reluctant to criticize their regime became more aware when they saw others were critical too. More importantly, that when others did something adverse and were not immediately suppressed, this enabled/caused more dissidents to speak out because it became "safer" to do so. When and if this reaches critical mass in different societies was much of the focus on the book.
One thing that struck me as odd was that the author was a professor at a Calif. university holding, I believe, some sort of Chair associated with Saudi Arabia.
Does this ring a bell with anyone?
It was published in the 80's and discussed, et al, the Iranian revolution, the disintegration of the Soviet Union and analyzed the shifts in popular sentiment. In particular the author noted that people reluctant to criticize their regime became more aware when they saw others were critical too. More importantly, that when others did something adverse and were not immediately suppressed, this enabled/caused more dissidents to speak out because it became "safer" to do so. When and if this reaches critical mass in different societies was much of the focus on the book.
One thing that struck me as odd was that the author was a professor at a Calif. university holding, I believe, some sort of Chair associated with Saudi Arabia.
Does this ring a bell with anyone?