Introduction : origins of the Syrian uprising
from structure to agency / Raymond Hinnebusch and Omar Imady
The tragedy of Ba'thist state-building / Adham Saouli
The power of "sultanism" : why Syria's non-violent protests did not lead to a democratic transition / Søren Schmidt
The dynamics of power in Syria : generalized corruption and sectarianism / Stéphane Valter
The uprising and the economic interests of the Syrian military-mercantile complex / Salam Said
Revisiting the political economy of the Syrian uprising / Fred H. Lawson
Tutelary authoritarianism and the shifts between secularism and Islam in Syria / Line Khatib
Organisationally secular : Damascene Islamist movements and the Syrian uprising / Omar Imady
Bashar's fateful decision / David W. Lesch
Syria's Alawis : structure, perception and agency in the Syrian security dilemma / Leon T. Goldsmith
Emergence of the political voice of Syria's civil society : the non-violent movements of the Syrian uprising / Tamara Al-Om
Demands for dignity and the Syrian uprising / Juliette Harken
Mediating the Syrian revolt : how new media technologies change the development of social movements and conflicts / Billie Jeanne Brownlee
Unblurring ambiguities : assessing the impact of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood in the Syrian revolution
Naomí Ramírez Díaz
Sectarianism and the battle of narratives in the context of the Syrian uprising / Enrico Bartolomei
Sunni/Alawi identity clashes during the Syrian uprising : a continuous reproduction? / Ola Rifai
The rise of Syrian Salafism : from denial to recognition / Issam Eido
From a window in Jaramana : imperial sectarianism and the impact of war on a Druze neighbourhood in Syria / Maria Kastrinou
The left in the Syrian uprising / Ferdinand Arslanian
Political incongruity between the Kurds and the "opposition" in the Syrian uprising Deniz Çifçi
Conclusion : the early trajectory of the Syrian uprising : from agency to structure / Omar Imady and Raymond Hinnebusch.