Informal Power in the Greater Middle East

Introduction - L. Anceschi & G. Gervasio Part I Civil Society in ‘Uncivil’ Contexts: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches 1. Civil Society and the Performative Politics of Democratisation in the Middle East - Andrea Teti 2. When Informal Powers Come to the Surface: Civic Activism and the 2011 Egyptian Revolution - G. Gervasio 3. The Emerging Power of Civil Society? The Role of Islamist Human Rights Organisations in Morocco - Emanuela Dalmasso & Francesco Cavatorta 4. Between Cooptation and Resistance: Women’s Leadership and Gender Discourse in Contemporary Egypt - Lucia Sorbera Part II Redistributing Power Relations through Informal Alliances 5. Re-Writing Arab Republicanism: Post-Dynasticism and Arab Revolts -Larbi Sadiki 6. Beyond the Party: Patterns of Elite Turnover in Syria between the two al-Asads - Lorenzo Trombetta 7. Tradition, Religion and Clan Politics in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip - Massimo Alone Part III Informal Power Dynamics in Conflict Scenarios 8. Re-inventing Tribal Power in Darfur - Noah Bassil 9. Protests and Public Power in Post-Saddam Iraq: The Case of the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions - Benjamin Isakhan 10. Tinkering in the Margins: Yemen’s Opposition Coalition - Sarah Phillips 11. Al-Islah and Civil Society Governance in Somalia - Valeria Saggiomo Part IV Resistance, Cooptation, Centralisation: The non-Arab Middle East 12. Power and Resistance in Iran - Arshin Adib-Moghaddam 13. Accommodating Informal Institutions in Turkish Politics: The Case of Proxy Leadership - Gokhan Bacik 14. Feudal Control of Politics in Peripheral Turkey: The Case of the Şanlıurfa Province -Michelangelo Guida 15. Patterns of Elite Centralisation in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan - L. Anceschi Conclusions - A. Teti