Alternating Viewpoints on African and Arab Transitions Vol. 20, 2013/2 - 178 pagesSpecial Report: Alternating Viewpoints on African and Arab TransitionsPages 7 to 14ForewordBy René OtayekPages 15 to 32The Dilemma of New Political Parties on Participating in Initial Post-Authoritarian Pluralistic Elections: Lessons from the Algerian ExampleBy Myriam Aït-AoudiaPages 33 to 61The Period of Insurrection as a “Political Moment”: Tunisia 2011By Pierre Robert BaduelPages 63 to 79Withdrawal of the Army before Democracy. The Issue of a Transitional Configuration: Comparative Analysis of the Egyptian CaseBy Assia BoutalebPages 81 to 100The Silt from a Social Issue, against the Grain of Arab Revolutions: How Paradigms Circulate North and South of the SaharaBy Myriam CatussePages 101 to 123Cultural Pluralism and Political Regime(s): Trying to Compare Africa and the Arab WorldBy René OtayekPages 125 to 143Protesting/Mobilizing/Not Consenting. On Some Avatars of the Sociology of Mobilizations Applied to the African ContinentBy Johanna Siméant-GermanosPages 145 to 163African Transitions in the Arab World, 1991-2011: The Spring Wind on the Tools of TransitologyBy Céline Thiriot