Ñòàòüÿ ïîñâÿùåíà àíàëèçó ìàññîâûõ àíòèïðàâèòåëüñòâåííûõ âûñòóïëåíèé è ïîñëåäîâàâøèõ çà íèìè ñìåí ðåæèìîâ â ðÿäå ñòðàí àðàáñêîãî ìèðà â 2011–2012 ãã. Àíàëèçèðóþòñÿ ôàêòîðû, ñïîñîáñòâîâàâøèå ïîäúåìó ïðîòåñòíîé àêòèâíîñòè, ñîöèàëüíûé ñîñòàâ ó÷àñòíèêîâ ïðîòåñòíûõ àêöèé è ïðèìåíÿâøèåñÿ èìè ìåòîäû. Àâòîð îñîáî ïîä÷åðêèâàåò çíà÷åíèå Èíòåðíåòà (â ïåðâóþ î÷åðåäü, ñîöèàëüíûõ ñåòåé) äëÿ ìàññîâîé ïðîòåñòíîé ìîáèëèçàöèè è îòìå÷àåò, ÷òî ñöåíàðèè ïðîòåñòà, àïðîáèðîâàííûå â õîäå «àðàáñêîé âåñíû», âîñïðîèçâîäÿòñÿ â õîäå ïðîòåñòíûõ âûñòóïëåíèé â äðóãèõ ðåãèîíàõ ìèðà.

This article is dedicated to the analysis of mass anti-government protests and the ensuing regime changes in several countries of the Arab world in 2011–2012. The factors that contributed to the rise of protest activity, the social statuses of the protests’ participants and their methods are taken into account. The author emphasizes the importance of the Internet (in the first place, social networks) for mass mobilization and notes that the protests’ scenarios which were tested during the Arab Spring are being recreated in the protests in other regions.

«àðàáñêàÿ âåñíà»; ñìåíà ðåæèìà; ïîëèòè÷åñêèé êðèçèñ; ðåâîëþöèÿ; ïðîòåñòíàÿ àêòèâíîñòü; ìîáèëèçàöèÿ; Èíòåðíåò.

Arab Spring; regime change; political crisis; revolution; protest activity; mobilization; Internet.