Revisiting the Arab Uprisings: The Politics of a Revolutionary Moment

342 Pages·2019·4.228 MB·English

by  Stéphane Lacroix (editor), Jean-Pierre Filiu (editor)

REVISITING THE ARAB UPRISINGS
COMPARATIVE POLITICS
AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES SERIES
Series editors, Christophe Jaffrelot and Alain Dieckhoff
Series managing editor, Miriam Perier
The series consists of original manuscripts and translations of noteworthy
manuscripts and publications in the social sciences emanating from the fore-
most French researchers.
The focus of the series is the transformation of politics and society by transna-
tional and domestic factors—globalisation, migration and religion. States are
more permeable to external influence than ever before and this phenomenon
is accelerating processes of social and political change the world over. In seek-
ing to understand and interpret these transformations, this series gives priority
to social trends from below as much as to the interventions of state and non-
state actors.
EDITED BY STÉPHANE LACROIX
AND JEAN-PIERRE FILIU
Revisiting the
Arab Uprisings
The Politics of a
Revolutionary Moment
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CONTENTS
About the Contributors ix
Introduction: Taking the Arab Transitions Seriously
Stéphane Lacroix and Jean-Pierre Filiu 1
1. Toward a ‘Democracy with Democrats’ in Tunisia: Mutual
Accommodation Between Islamic and Secular Activists
Alfred Stepan 9
2. Constituting Constitutionalism: Lessons from the Arab World
Nathan Brown 29
3. Bullets Beat Ballots: The Arab Uprisings and Civil-Military
Relations in Egypt Omar Ashour 45
4. Militaries and Democracies in the Middle East: Too Much and
Too Little Steven Cook 61
5. Modern Mamlouks and Arab Counter-Revolution
Jean-Pierre Filiu 77
6. Trashing Transitions: The Role of Arab Media After the Uprisings
Marc Lynch 93
7. Not Ready for Democracy: Modernisation, Pluralism and the
Arab Spring Tarek Masoud 111
8. International Assistance to Arab Spring Transitions Zaid al-Ali 141
9. Confronting the Dictatorial Past in Tunisia: Towards a Political
Understanding of Transitional justice Kora Andrieu 165
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CONTENTS
10. With or Without You? Transitional Justice and Political Transitions
in Morocco and Tunisia Frédéric Vairel 199
11. Transitional Justice in Post-Revolutionary Egypt
Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron 219
Notes 235
Bibliography 285
Index 309
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