Struggles for Political Change in the Arab World

Regimes, Oppositions, and External Actors after the Spring
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-0-472-05537-1
Verlag: University of Michigan Press

Buch, Englisch, 464 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

The advent of the Arab Spring in late 2010 was a hopeful moment for partisans of progressive change throughout the Arab world. Authoritarian leaders who had long stood in the way of meaningful political reform in the countries of the region were either ousted or faced the possibility of political if not physical demise. The downfall of long-standing dictators as they faced off with strong-willed protesters was a clear sign that democratic change was within reach. Throughout the last ten years, however, the Arab world has witnessed authoritarian regimes regaining resilience, pro-democracy movements losing momentum, and struggles between the first and the latter involving regional and international powers. This volume explains how relevant political players in Arab countries among regimes, opposition movements, and external actors have adapted ten years after the onset of the Arab Spring. It includes contributions on Egypt, Morocco, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Algeria, Sudan, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Yemen, and Tunisia. It also features studies on the respective roles of the United States, China, Iran, and Turkey vis-À-vis questions of political change and stability in the Arab region, and includes a study analyzing the role of Saudi Arabia and its allies in subverting revolutionary movements in other countries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- PREFACE
- Hicham Alaoui
- Introduction Struggles for Political Change in the Arab World: Regimes, Oppositions, and External Actors after the Spring
- Hesham Sallam, Lisa Blaydes, and Amr Hamzawy
- I. Regime Strategies of Control
- Chapter 1 Authoritarian Narratives and Practices in Egypt
- Amr Hamzawy
- Chapter 2 The People Vs. the Palace: Power and Politics in Morocco since 2011
- Samia Errazzouki
- Chapter 3 Kuwait’s Changing Landscape: Palace Projects and the Decline of Rule by Consensus
- Farah Al-Nakib
- Chapter 4 The Decay of Family Rule in Saudi Arabia
- Michael Herb
- Chapter 5 Syria’s Repressive Peace
- Samer Abboud
- II. Opposition Mobilization Strategies and Obstacles to Reform
- Chapter 6 Mobilization without Movement: Opposition and Youth Activism in Jordan
- Sean Yom
- Chapter 7 Cycles of Contention in Lebanon
- Lina Khatib
- Chapter 8 Algeria: Anatomy of a Revolutionary Situation
- Thomas Serres
- Chapter 9 The Nexus of Patronage, Petrol, and Population in Iraq
- David Siddhartha Patel
- Chapter 10 Understanding the Roots, Dynamics, and Potential of an “Impossible” Revolution: The Prospects and Challenges of Democratization in Sudan
- Khalid Mustafa Medani
- Chapter 11 Tunisia: The Challenges of Party Consolidation and the Specter of Authoritarian Reversal
- Lindsay J. Benstead
- Chapter 12 Examining Yemen’s Post-2011 Trajectory: From Reform to War to Many Yemens
- April Longley Alley
- III. Transnational Influences
- Chapter 13 U.S. Influence on Arab Regimes: From Reluctant Democracy Supporter to Authoritarian Enabler
- Sarah Yerkes
- Chapter 14 Chinese Soft Power Projection in the Arab World: From the Belt and Road Initiative to Global Pandemic Response
- Lisa Blaydes
- Chapter 15 Iran’s Culture Wars in the Arab World
- Abbas Milani
- Chapter 16 The Arab Counter-Revolution: The Formation of a Regional Alliance to Undermine the Arab Spring
- Toby Matthiesen
- Chapter 17 Myths of Expansion: Turkey's Changing Policy in the Arab World
- Ayça Alemdaroglu and Gönül Tol
- Conclusion: The Ongoing Struggle for Political Reform in the Arab World
- Larry Diamond
- List of Contributors

Über Autor(innen)

Hesham Sallam is a Research Scholar at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law in the Freeman Spogli Institute at Stanford University.Lisa Blaydes is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University.Amr Hamzawy is Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law in the Freeman Spogli Institute at Stanford University.