Democratic transition in the Middle East : unmaking power / edited by Larbi Sadiki, Heiko Wimmen and Layla Al-Zubaidi.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-192) and index.

The void of power and the power of the void: Arab societies' negotiation of democratic faragh -- Citizens of the void: power-sharing and civic political action in Lebanon -- Trans-sectarian moral protest against occupation: a case study of Iraq -- The fragmentation of Shaykh-Murid relationships: power voids and democratization of religious Sufi authority in Bahrain -- Cyberspace and the changing face of protest and public culture in Egypt -- "These are liberated territories": everyday resistance in Egypt: dismantling state power, experimenting with alternatives and the growing movement from 2000 to 2010 -- Void vs. presence: the in-between-ness of state and society in Yemen -- Economic transformation and diffusion of authoritarian power in Syria.