This volume is a theoretical analysis of the current crises of state and societal transformations in the Middle East and North Africa. The emphasis on the impact and limits of neoliberal governmentality places these uprisings within the specific contextual and structural environment of neoliberal globalization.

Benoit Challand, New School for Social Research, USARahman Da?, Centre for Strategic and Research Analysis, Tukey, and Ad?yaman University, TurkeyRami Farouk Daher, German Jordanian University, JordanKaterina Dalacoura, London School of Economics and Political Science, UKFarhad Khosrokhavar, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, FranceAli Diskaya, Central European University, HungaryNadine Abdalla, German Institute for International and Security AffairsZafer Fehmi Yörük, Izmir University of Economics, TurkeyDaniel Monterescu, Central European University, HungaryYasmin Ali, Researcher, LebanonMark LeVine, Lund University, Sweden