Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Figures and Tables vii
4. Preface viii
5. Notes on Contributors xi
6. 1. Introduction: Rethinking Transition Theory after the ‘Arab Moment’ 1
7. 2. Democratic Transition Studies: Lessons from Another Region 22
8. 3. The Moderation of Insecurity: Standing the Eurocentric Democratic Transition Paradigm on its Head 58
9. 4. After the Arab Spring 89
10. 5. Revolutions and the Colonial Question 112
11. 6. Authoritarian Regime Types as an Alternative to the Transition Paradigm: A Critical Assessment 136
12. 7. Visible and Invisible Political Actors and their Strategies during the Arab Spring Transitions 160
13. 8. Elite Women and Democratisation in Morocco, 1998–2016 187
14. 9. Rethinking Religion and Democratic Transition: Lessons from the Arab World 213
15. 10. Democratic Transition in Rivalry Contexts 230
16. 11. The ‘Arab Spring’ and the Challenges of Security Sector Reform 251
17. Concluding Remarks: On Viruses, Phantom Actors and Other Colonial Ghosts 274
18. Index 283