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The 2011 eruptions of popular discontent across the Arab world, popularly dubbed the Arab Spring, were local manifestations of a regional mass movement for democracy, freedom, and human dignity. Authoritarian regimes were either overthrown or put on notice that the old ways of oppressing their subjects would no longer be tolerated. These essays from Middle East Report—the leading source of timely reporting and insightful analysis of the region—cover events in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Syria, and Yemen. Written for a broad audience of students, policymakers, media analysts, and general readers, the collection reveals the underlying causes of the revolts by identifying key trends during the last two decades leading up to the recent insurrections.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title
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  1. Copyright
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  1. Contents
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. p. ix
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  1. Introduction
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  1. I. Tunisia
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  1. 1. Tunisia's Wall Has Fallen
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  1. 2. Tunisia's Post-Ben Ali Challenge: A Primer
  2. pp. 24-31
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  1. 3. Authoritarianism and Civil Society in Tunisia
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  1. 4. Structural Adjustment and Rural Poverty in Tunisia
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  1. 5. The Making of North Africa's Intifada
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  1. 6. Beyond Ghannouchi: Islamism and Social Change in Tunisia
  2. pp. 49-56
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  1. II. Egypt
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  1. 7. The Praxis of the Egyptian Revolution
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  1. 8. Worlds Apart: An Egyptian Village and the International Tourism Industry
  2. pp. 76-82
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  1. 9. Strikes in Egypt Spread from Center of Gravity
  2. pp. 83-90
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  1. 10. Striking Back at Egyptian Workers
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  1. 11. Sightings of the Egyptian Deep State
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  1. 12. Egypt's Generals and Transnational Capital
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  1. III. Yemen
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  1. 13. No Exit: Yemen's Existential Crisis
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  1. 14. The Economic Dimension of Yemeni Unity
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  1. 15. Tracing the Cracks in the Yemeni System
  2. pp. 137-143
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  1. 16. The Snake with a Thousand Heads: The Southern Cause in Yemen
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  1. 17. Tawakkul Karman as Cause and Effect
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  1. IV. Syria
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  1. 18. Asad's Lost Chances
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  1. 19. Behind the Resilience of the Syrian Regime
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  1. 20 The Evolution of Kurdish Politics in Syria
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  1. 21. Dramas of the Authoritarian State
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  1. 22. Beyond the Fall of the Syrian Regime
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  1. V. Bahrain
  2. pp. 205-207
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  1. 23. A Revolution Paused in Bahrain
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  1. 24. Bahrain's Crisis Worsens
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  1. 25. The Battle Over Family Law in Bahrain
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  1. 26. Bahrain's Sunni Awakening
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  1. 27. In the Kingdom of Tear Gas
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  1. Contributors
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  1. Index
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