| Summary: | This book, which contains 19 scholarly papers grouped into five thematic parts, broadly deals with social-political forces, ideas, discourses, and events that have shaped the emergence of the Arab Spring, while delineating its broad meanings and contours. It examines the contentious issue of the relationship between Islamism, the nation-state, and democracy in the context of Arab world, and it discusses the strengths, weaknesses, limitations, and prospects of Arab Spring for the democratic transformation of Arab societies. In addition, the book also analyzes the role of major international powers in, as well as regional implications of, the Arab Spring.
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