In this Book
- The Arab Revolts: Dispatches on Militant Democracy in the Middle East
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: Indiana University Press
- Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa
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.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- p. ix
- Introduction
- pp. 1-11
- I. Tunisia
- pp. 13-15
- 1. Tunisia's Wall Has Fallen
- pp. 16-23
- 11. Sightings of the Egyptian Deep State
- pp. 100-106
- III. Yemen
- pp. 117-119
- 13. No Exit: Yemen's Existential Crisis
- pp. 120-127
- 14. The Economic Dimension of Yemeni Unity
- pp. 128-136
- 15. Tracing the Cracks in the Yemeni System
- pp. 137-143
- 17. Tawakkul Karman as Cause and Effect
- pp. 152-156
- 18. Asad's Lost Chances
- pp. 160-168
- 21. Dramas of the Authoritarian State
- pp. 188-195
- 22. Beyond the Fall of the Syrian Regime
- pp. 196-203
- V. Bahrain
- pp. 205-207
- 23. A Revolution Paused in Bahrain
- pp. 208-214
- 24. Bahrain's Crisis Worsens
- pp. 215-221
- 25. The Battle Over Family Law in Bahrain
- pp. 222-231
- 26. Bahrain's Sunni Awakening
- pp. 232-238
- 27. In the Kingdom of Tear Gas
- pp. 239-246
- Contributors
- pp. 247-250