Arab Spring and Its Legacies

This edited volume examines the impact of the protest movements that shook West Asia and North Africa in the early 2010s.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
About the Contributors
Introduction
Mujib Alam and Sujata Ashwarya
1. After Summer May Come the Fall: The Enduring Dilemma of Popular Sovereignty in the Middle East
Kingshuk Chatterjee
2 Democratic Upsurge in the Arab World and India
Priyamvada A. Sawant
3 Sectarianism and Instability in Post-Arab Spring West Asia
Mohmad Saleem Sheikh
4 The Syrian Crisis and Turkey's Involvement
Özden Zeynep Oktav
5 The Syrian Crisis and its Implications for India
Sukalpa Chakrabarti
6 Civil War in Syria: Understanding the Chinese Response
Abu Zafar
7 Saudi Arabia After the Arab Spring: The Oil Era and Reforms
Vrushal T. Ghoble
8 Saudi State and the Crisis of Legitimacy
Umar Farooq
9 Public Spaces and the Arab Uprisings: Sites of Contention
Priya Singh
10 Spring in Arabic Literature amid the Turmoil in the Region
Md. Aftab Ahmad
11 Hezbollah and Regional Confrontation: The Arab Spring Context
Sujata Ashwarya and Mohmad Saleem Sheikh
12 Arab Spring and the French Revolution: The Longue Durée of Transformation
Adil Rasheed
Select Further Readings
Index

About the author

Mujib Alam, Professor, MMAJ Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India.
Sujata Ashwarya, Professor, Centre for West Asian Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India.

Product details

• Authors: Mujib Ashwarya Alam
• Assisted by: Alam Mujib (Editor), Sujata Ashwarya (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032760834
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3276083-4
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, Anthropology, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Middle East, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, North Africa, Society and culture: general, c 2010 to c 2020, c 2010 to c 2019, Pressure groups & lobbying