Frédéric Volpi is senior lecturer in international politics at the School of International Relations of the University of St Andrews. James M. Jasper writes about culture, emotions, and politics, and teaches at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Preface by Frédéric Volpi and James M. JasperIntroduction: Rethinking Mobilization after the Arab Uprisings. James M. Jasper and Frédéric Volpi1: The Social Life of Contentious Ideas: Piracy and Unruly, Trans-Local Appropriation in the Arab Uprisings and Beyond. John Chalcraft2: Routines and Ruptures in Anti-Israeli Protests in Jordan. Jillian Schwedler3: Shaping Contention as a Salafi Movement: The Rise and Fall of Ansar al-Sharia in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia. Frédéric Volpi4: Contingency and Agency in a Turning Point Event: March 18th, 2011 in Daraa, Syria. Wendy Pearlman5: It Takes Two (or More) to Tango: the Local Coproduction of the Alexandrian Revolutionary Moment. Youssef El Chazli6: Violence, Social Actors, and Subjectivation in the Egyptian Revolution. Farhad KhosrokhavarConclusion: Unruly Protest. Charles Kurzman

This book brings together a roster of prominent contributors to present a strategic interactionist perspective on the study of contentious politics in the Middle East in response to the Arab uprisings.