Deborah L. Wheeler is Associate Professor of Political Science at the United States Naval Academy. She is author of Internet in the Middle East: Global Expectations and Local Imaginations in Kuwait (State University of New York Press, 2006).

Wheeler's ethnographic approach to the study of the impact of the internet on Arab societies yields refreshing insights into how ordinary young people engage with new information technologies. This book makes for a welcome addition to the literature on the internet and politics in the Middle East, and shows the value of closely observing how real people's lives have been changed.

• Preface and AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. A Brief History of Internet Diffusion and Impact in the Middle EastChapter 2. IT 4 Regime Change: Networking around the State in EgyptChapter 3. No More Red Lines: Networking around the state in JordanChapter 4. Hurry Up and Wait: Oppositional Compliance and Networking around the State in KuwaitChapter 5. The Micro-Demise of Authoritarianism in the Middle East: Networking around the State in Comparative PerspectiveChapter 6. Fear the State: Repression and the Risks of Resistance in the Middle EastConclusion AppendixBibliographyIndex