Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Brian Calfano and Marcus Marktanner
  • The Arab popular uprisings / Brian Calano and Emile Sahliyeh
  • Islam and interpretive ingenuities / Brian Calfano and Lynne Alisé Lofftus
  • Parties as political forces in the Maghreb / Abdelhak Azzouzi
  • How green is the spring? Comparing the Iranian and the Arab pro-democracy movements / Mahmoud Sadri and Nader Hashemi
  • Oil and MENA democratization / Mehmet Gurses
  • Does regime type make a difference for MENA reform? / Todd Spinks, Brian Calfano, and Emile Sahliyeh
  • Elite-led consideration of the role of women in MENA politics : some initial experimental findings / Brian Calfano, Marcus Marktanner, and Christina Michelmore
  • Transmitting reform? The media's effect on MENA democracy and human rights / Brian Calfano and Emile Sahliyeh
  • MENA and the Internet : technology and the democratic divide / Jason Gainous and Kevin Wagner
  • Concluding observations and recommendations / Brian Calfano.