Routledge Handbook of Middle East Politics: Interdisciplinary Inscriptions

ISBN-13: 9781138047631 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 660 str.

Larbi Sadiki

Opis

Drawing on various perspectives and analysis, the Handbook problematizes Middle East politics through an interdisciplinary prism, seeking a melioristic account of the field. Thematically organized, the chapters address political, social and historical questions by showcasing both theoretical and empirical insights.

Spis treści

1. Introduction Middle East Politics: A Field in Transit Larbi Sadiki I. Knowledge Frames and Horizons 2. Middle of Where? East of What? Simulated Postcoloniality’s Assemblages, Rhizomes and Simulacra Larbi Sadiki  3. Traveling the Middle East without a Map: Three Main Debates Bahgat Korany  4. Literature in the Arab Postcolony Miriam Cooke  5. The Primacy of Fieldwork: Inductive Explorations of the MENA State Laurie A. Brand  6. Nationalism in the Arab Middle East: Resolving Some Problems James Gelvin  7. Studying the International Relations of the Arabian Peninsula/Persian Gulf: A Personal Account and a Theoretical Overview F. Gregory Gause III  8. Committed History: Sticking to Facts and Adhering to Principles Ilan Pappe  9. Reimagining the Middle East and Its Place in the World Robert Bianchi  II. Towards Re-conceptualizations of the Democratic and the Authoritarian  10. Survey Research and the Study of Politics in the Arab World Mark Tessler  11. Authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa: the trajectories of the MENA republics Raymond Hinnebusch  12. ‘Economic Reform’ Since the 1980s: The Political Corollaries of a Political Project Eberhard Kienle  13. Overcoming Exceptionalism-Party Politics and Voting Behavior in the Middle East and North Africa Francesco Cavatorta  14. Elections in authoritarian contexts: The case of Algeria Youcef Bouandel  III. The Secular and the Religious: Questions and Contests  15. The Challenges of Researching Political Islam Beverly Milton-Edwards  16. The Other Side of Middle Eastern Studies: On Democracy, Violence and Islam Abdelwahab El-Affendi  17. Sectarian fault lines in the Middle East: sources of conflicts or communal bonds? Keiko Sakai and Kota Suechika  18. The Unseen in the Islamic Awakening: Walking with the Muslim Jesus Raymond William Baker  19. Re-thinking Shīʿī political theology Naser Ghobadzadeh  20. Patronage in Reverse and the Secular State in Egypt Mohammed Moussa  IV. Gendered Relations and Realities: Critical Interpretations  21. Gender and Politics in the Middle East Nicola Pratt  22. Islam and Resistance in the Middle East: A Methodology of Muslim Struggle and the Impact on Women Maria Holt  23. Gender, Religion, and Politics in Jewish and Muslim Contexts: The Case of Israel Lihi Ben Shitrit  24. Gender: Still a Useful Category to Analyze Middle East History? A View from Egypt (1919-2019) Lucia Sorbera  V. Borderline Politics: Claims and Counter-claims  25. Social Movements and the Middle East Anne Marie Baylouny  26. Sports and politics: The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer James M. Dorsey  27. Various Faces of Violent Radicalisation in the Syrian Crisis: the Case of Tripoli Marie Kortam  28. Non-state actors and ‘the international’: counterinsurgency and empire in the Middle East Marina Calculli  29. Start with the Art: New Ways of Understanding the Political in the Middle East Kirsten Scheid  30. Truth to Power: On Digital Scene-Making Tarek El-Ariss  31. Bread and its Subsidy: Some Reflections Jose Ciro Martinez  VI. Conceptual Categories: Reflexive Notes  32. Distributive Politics in the Middle East Lisa Blaydes  33. The Rule of Law in the Contemporary Arab Middle East David Mednicoff  34. The Politics of Identity in the Middle East: Rereading Arab Nationalism Youssef M. Choueiri  35. On the Intertwinement of the Political and the Intellectual in Modern Arab History Elizabeth Kassab  36. Studying the Middle East Security Sector: A Conceptual Framework Oren Barak  37. Reflections on Doing Digital Humanities in the Context of the Middle East Minoo Moallem  38. The Theoretical and Methodological Traps in Studying Sectarianism in the Middle East: Neo-Primordialism and ‘Clichéd Constructivism’ Rima Majed  39. Tentative Notes on Syria’s Uprising: Researching Protest Politics in the Diaspora Layla Saleh VII. Navigating The Field: Notes And Outlooks  40. Researching Iranian history and politics: a guide for the perplexed Ali M. Ansari  41. Investigating Tribalism and Civil Society in Qatar Ali A. Hadi Alshawi  42. Yemen: The Case of Politics, Tribes and Instability Bakeel Alzandani  43. Is Sustainable Development Possible Under Occupation? The Case of Palestine Basem Ezbidi  44. Palestinian Politics in One Century, from Sykes-Picot to Post Oslo Agreement - A Time for a Re-Evaluation As’ad Ghanem  45. Concluding Remarks: Quandaries of Researching Middle East Politics Sheila Carapico

O autorze

Larbi Sadiki is Professor of Arab Democratization at Qatar University. His blogs have appeared in Aljazeera, and his publications have been translated into Arabic, Turkish, and Portuguese. He is editor of the Routledge Series on Middle Eastern Democratization and Government, and has been a Non-resident Fellow at Carnegie Middle East Center (Beirut), Senior Non-resident Fellow at the Brookings Doha Center, and an Honorary Associate at the University of Sydney’s Department of Arabic Languages and Cultures.