The Political Science of the Middle East: Theory and Research Since the Arab Uprisings

Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
1. Introduction: A Project for Middle East Political Science-Research Agendas for a Maturing Field
Marc Lynch
2. Authoritarianism Reconfigured: Evolving Forms of Political Control
André Bank, Eva Bellin, Michael Herb, Lisa Wedeen, Sean Yom, and Saloua Zerhouni
3. Between Two Uprisings-The Study of Protest in the Middle East, 2010-2020
Nermin Allam, Chantal Berman, Killian Clarke, and Jillian Schwedler
4. International Relations and Regional (In)security
May Darwich, F. Gregory Gause III, Waleed Hazbun, Curtis Ryan, and Morten Valbjørn
5. Militaries, Militias, and Violence
Holger Albrecht, Kevin Koehler, Devorah Manekin, and Ora Szekely
6. Political Economy and Development
Ferdinand Eibl, Shimaa Hatab, and Steffen Hertog
7. Islam and Islamism
Tarek Masoud, Khalil al-Anani, Steven Brooke, Courtney Freer, and R. Quinn Mecham
8. The Politics of Identity and Sectarianism
Fanar Haddad, Lisel Hintz, Rima Majed, Toby Matthiesen, Bassel F. Salloukh,
and Alexandra Siegel
9. Public Opinion
Lindsay J. Benstead, Justin Gengler, and Michael Robbins
10. Migration and Displacement
Rawan Arar, Laurie Brand, Rana B. Khoury, Noora Lori, Lama Mourad, and Wendy Pearlman
11. Towards a Relational Approach to Local Politics
Janine A. Clark, Sarah El-Kazaz, Mona Harb, and Lana Salman
12. Triumph Over Adversity: Reflections on the Practice of Middle East Political Science
Lisa Anderson
Index

Marc Lynch is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Middle East Studies Program at The George Washington University. He is the founding director of the Project on Middle East Political Science and Associate Editor of The Monkey Cage. He received his PhD from Cornell University and his BA from Duke University.

Jillian Schwedler is Professor of Political Science at the City University of New York's Hunter College and the Graduate Center. She is Senior Fellow at the Crown Center for the Middle East at Brandeis University and co-founder and co-director (with Laryssa Chomiak) of the Sidi Bou Said School of Critical Protest Studies. She received her PhD, MA, and BA from New York University.

Sean Yom is Associate Professor of Political Science at Temple University. His research interests include the study of regimes and governance in the Middle East, with a special focus on authoritarianism, the political economy of development, and US foreign policy. He earned his PhD from Harvard University and AB from Brown University.