1. Introduction: a rupture / Fawaz A. Gerges
Pt. I: Context and causes
2. Authoritarian legacies and regime change: towards understanding political transition in the Arab world / Lisa Anderson
3. Egypt's modern revolutions and the fall of Mubarak / Juan Cole
4. A depressive pre-Arab uprisings economic performance / Ali Kadri
5. Bread and olive oil: the agrarian roots of the Arab uprisings / Rami Zurayk and Anne Gough
Pt. II: Thematic and comparative aspects
6. The politics of resistance and the Arab uprisings / Charles Tripp
7. Egypt's 25 January uprising, hegemonic contestation, and the explosion of the poor / John Chalcraft
8. The military amidst uprisings and transitions in the Arab world / Philippe Droz-Vincent
9. Women, democracy and dictatorship in the context of the Arab uprisings / Sami Zubaida
10. Dangers and demon(izer)s of democratization in Egypt: through an Indonesian glass, darkly / John T. Sidel
Pt. III: Countries in turmoil
11. Egypt and Tunisia: from the revolutionary overthrow of dictatorships to the struggle to establish a new constitutional order / Roger Owen
12. Arab nationalism, Islamism and the Arab uprisings / Sadik Al-Azm
13. Yemen: revolution suspended? / Gabriele vom Bruck, Atiaf Alwazir and Benjamin Wiacek
14. Libya in transition: from Jamahiriya to Jumhūriyyah? / Karim Mezran
15. Bahrain's uprising: domestic implications and regional and international perspectives / Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
Pt. IV: Regional and international implications
16. Saudi internal dilemmas and regional responses to the Arab uprisings / Madawi Al-Rasheed
17. Israel, Palestine, and the Arab uprisings / Avi Shlaim
18. Turkey and Iran in the era of the Arab uprisings / Mohammed Ayoob
19. U.S. policy and the Arab revolutions of 2011 / William B. Quandt
20. Europe and the Arab uprisings: the irrelevant power? / Federica Bicchi
21. Conclusion: rebellious citizens and resilient authoritarians / Valerie Bunce
Selected bibliography
Index.