Beyond the Arab Spring: The Evolving Ruling Bargain in the Middle East

496 Pages·2014·2.06 MB·English

by  Mehran Kamrava

BEYOND THE ARAB SPRING

MEHRAN KAMRAVA
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Beyond the Arab Spring
The Evolving Ruling Bargain
in the Middle East
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The Evolving Ruling Bargain in the Middle East
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vii
The Contributors ix
Introduction Mehran Kamrava 1
PART 1
CONTEXTUALIZING THE ARAB SPRING
1. The Rise and Fall of Ruling Bargains in the Middle East
Mehran Kamrava 17
2. Global Affinities: The New Cultures of Resistance behind
the Arab Spring John Foran 47
3. The Arab State and Social Contestation Nadine Sika 73
4. Islamist Movements and the Arab Spring Abdullah Al-Arian 99
5. Political Party Development Before and After the Arab
Spring Shadi Hamid 131
6. Revolution and Constitution in the Arab World, 2011–12
Saïd Amir Arjomand 151
PART 2
CASE STUDIES
7. Renegotiating Iran’s Post-Revolutionary Social Contract:
The Green Movement and the Struggle for Democracy
in the Islamic Republic Nader Hashemi 191
8. Challenging the Trade Union, Reclaiming the Nation:
The Politics of Labor Protest in Egypt, 2006–11
Marie Duboc 223
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CONTENTS
9. A Microcosm of the Arab Spring: Sociology of Tahrir
Square Bahgat Korany 249
10. Protests, Regime Stability, and State Formation in Jordan
Ziad Abu-Rish 277
11. The Persian Gulf Monarchies and the Arab Spring
Russell E. Lucas 313

12. Bahrain’s Fractured Ruling Bargain: Political Mobilization,
Regime Responses, and the New Sectarianism
Quinn Mecham 341
13. Yemen and the Arab Spring Thomas Juneau 373
14. The Fragmented State of the Syrian Opposition
Bassam Haddad and Ella Wind 397
15. Beyond the Civil War in Libya: Toward a New Ruling
Bargain Dirk Vandewalle 437
Index 459
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This book grew out of one of the research initiatives undertaken by the
Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University’s
School of Foreign Service in Qatar. In addition to the contributors to
the volume, the group benefited from the insights and comments of a
number of scholars and experts who took part in the research initiative
at various stages. Grateful acknowledgment goes to Hatoon Al-Fassi,
Mazhar Al-Zo’by, Zahra Babar, John Crist, Michael Driessen, Shahla
Haeri, Jackie Kerr, Rami Khouri, Fred Lawson, Miriam Lowi, Mari
Luomi, Suzi Mirgani, Gerd Nonneman, James Olsen, and Ahmad Sa’di.
All provided invaluable feedback in discussions leading up to the proj-
ect’s crafting and on earlier drafts of the chapters. Dwaa Osman also
read and commented extensively on many of the chapters, and Sana
Jamal provided invaluable assistance with the editing process. My col-
leagues at the Center for International and Regional Studies, where the
project was conceived and completed, were instrumental in helping
create a most supportive and intellectually stimulating work environ-
ment. Their support and assistance with this volume, as with everything
else I have written or edited since 2007, is most deeply appreciated.
Grateful acknowledgment also goes to Qatar Foundation for its support
of research and other scholarly endeavors.
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