The Arab World Upended: Revolution and Its Aftermath in Tunisia and Egypt
After the autocratic regimes in the seemingly unassailable police states of Tunisia and Egypt suddenly collapsed in 2011, the Islamic parties that took over quickly succumbed in turn to further massive uprisings, this time by disaffected secularists and, in the case of Egypt, with the support of the army. What explains this? And why do the current regimes in both countries remain so fragile? Addressing these questions, drawing on years of first-hand, in-depth research, David Ottaway explores the causes of the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, the reasons for their radically differing outcomes, and the likely trajectory of the two countries’ political development.

CONTENTS:
Introduction.THE CONTEXT OF THE ARAB SPRING.Western and Arab Theories of Revolution.Arab Revolutions and Counterrevolutions.Political Causes of the 2011 Uprisings.Economic and Social Causes of the 2011 Uprisings.STAGES OF THE TUNISIAN REVOLUTION.Fall of the Ancien Regime.From Dual Sovereignty to Restoration.STAGES OF THE EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION.Fall of the Pharaoh.The Thermidorian Reaction.Dual Sovereignty.The Restoration.PARADOXES AND CHALLENGES.Counterrevolution from Abroad.Postrevolution Prospects.CONCLUSION.Revolutions Compared.
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The Arab World Upended: Revolution and Its Aftermath in Tunisia and Egypt
After the autocratic regimes in the seemingly unassailable police states of Tunisia and Egypt suddenly collapsed in 2011, the Islamic parties that took over quickly succumbed in turn to further massive uprisings, this time by disaffected secularists and, in the case of Egypt, with the support of the army. What explains this? And why do the current regimes in both countries remain so fragile? Addressing these questions, drawing on years of first-hand, in-depth research, David Ottaway explores the causes of the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, the reasons for their radically differing outcomes, and the likely trajectory of the two countries’ political development.

CONTENTS:
Introduction.THE CONTEXT OF THE ARAB SPRING.Western and Arab Theories of Revolution.Arab Revolutions and Counterrevolutions.Political Causes of the 2011 Uprisings.Economic and Social Causes of the 2011 Uprisings.STAGES OF THE TUNISIAN REVOLUTION.Fall of the Ancien Regime.From Dual Sovereignty to Restoration.STAGES OF THE EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION.Fall of the Pharaoh.The Thermidorian Reaction.Dual Sovereignty.The Restoration.PARADOXES AND CHALLENGES.Counterrevolution from Abroad.Postrevolution Prospects.CONCLUSION.Revolutions Compared.
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The Arab World Upended: Revolution and Its Aftermath in Tunisia and Egypt

The Arab World Upended: Revolution and Its Aftermath in Tunisia and Egypt

by David B. Ottaway
The Arab World Upended: Revolution and Its Aftermath in Tunisia and Egypt

The Arab World Upended: Revolution and Its Aftermath in Tunisia and Egypt

by David B. Ottaway

Overview

After the autocratic regimes in the seemingly unassailable police states of Tunisia and Egypt suddenly collapsed in 2011, the Islamic parties that took over quickly succumbed in turn to further massive uprisings, this time by disaffected secularists and, in the case of Egypt, with the support of the army. What explains this? And why do the current regimes in both countries remain so fragile? Addressing these questions, drawing on years of first-hand, in-depth research, David Ottaway explores the causes of the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, the reasons for their radically differing outcomes, and the likely trajectory of the two countries’ political development.

CONTENTS:
Introduction.THE CONTEXT OF THE ARAB SPRING.Western and Arab Theories of Revolution.Arab Revolutions and Counterrevolutions.Political Causes of the 2011 Uprisings.Economic and Social Causes of the 2011 Uprisings.STAGES OF THE TUNISIAN REVOLUTION.Fall of the Ancien Regime.From Dual Sovereignty to Restoration.STAGES OF THE EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION.Fall of the Pharaoh.The Thermidorian Reaction.Dual Sovereignty.The Restoration.PARADOXES AND CHALLENGES.Counterrevolution from Abroad.Postrevolution Prospects.CONCLUSION.Revolutions Compared.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781626376205
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 01/31/2017
Pages: 260
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

David B. Ottaway has been covering Saudi Arabia, as a Washington Post journalist and Middle East bureau chief and then as a scholar, since the 1970s. At present, he is a Middle East fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center.
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