Abdelwahab El-Affendi is Professor of Politics and Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Doha, Qatar. He was previously founder and coordinator of the Democracy and Islam Programme at the Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster (1998-2015). Khalil Al Anani is an Associate Professor and Head of the Politics and IR Programme, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Doha, Qatar. He has published several books (in English and Arabic)

• PrefaceIntroduction: Rethinking Transition Theory after the ‘Arab Moment’Democratic Transition Studies: Lessons from another RegionThe Moderation of Insecurity: Standing the Eurocentric Democratic Transition Paradigm on its HeadAfter the Arab SpringRevolutions and the Colonial QuestionAuthoritarian Regime Types as an Alternative to the Transition Paradigm: A Critical AssessmentVisible and Invisible Political Actors and their Strategies during the Arab Spring TransitionsElite Women and Democratisation in Morocco: 1998–2016Rethinking Religion and Democratic Transition: Lessons from the Arab WorldDemocratic Transition in Rivalry ContextsThe ‘Arab Spring’ and the Challenges of Security Sector ReformConcluding Remarks: On Viruses, Phantom Actors and Other Colonial Ghosts

Abdelwahab El-Affendi is Professor of Politics and Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Doha, Qatar. He was previously founder and coordinator of the Democracy and Islam Programme at the Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster (1998-2015). Khalil Al Anani is an Associate Professor and Head of the Politics and IR Programme, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Doha, Qatar. He has published several books (in English and Arabic)

• PrefaceIntroduction: Rethinking Transition Theory after the ‘Arab Moment’Democratic Transition Studies: Lessons from another RegionThe Moderation of Insecurity: Standing the Eurocentric Democratic Transition Paradigm on its HeadAfter the Arab SpringRevolutions and the Colonial QuestionAuthoritarian Regime Types as an Alternative to the Transition Paradigm: A Critical AssessmentVisible and Invisible Political Actors and their Strategies during the Arab Spring TransitionsElite Women and Democratisation in Morocco: 1998–2016Rethinking Religion and Democratic Transition: Lessons from the Arab WorldDemocratic Transition in Rivalry ContextsThe ‘Arab Spring’ and the Challenges of Security Sector ReformConcluding Remarks: On Viruses, Phantom Actors and Other Colonial Ghosts