State Formation and Identity in the Middle East and North Africa

ISBN-13: 9781137369598 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 212 str.

Dr Kenneth Christie; Mohammad Masad

Opis

For states in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia, the "Arab Spring" has had different implications and consequences, stemming from the politics of identity and the historical and political processes that have shaped development. This book focuses on how these factors interact with globalization and affect state formation.

Recenzje

To come

Spis treści

Introduction: The state and Identity in MENA; Kenneth Christie and Mohammad Masad 1. State Formation, Religion and Ethnicity in the Middle East and North Africa: An Overview; Mohammad Masad and Kenneth Christie 2. Extra-Regional Interests, Authoritarian Elites and Dependent State Formation in the Arab World; Marion Boulby 3. The Interplay of Palestinian and Jordanian Identities in Re/making the State and Nation Formation in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Nur Köprülü 4. The Ikhwan Movement and its Role in Saudi Arabia's State Building; Sebastiano Andreotti 5. The Post-14/02/11 Bahrain: A State in the Remaking; Magdalena Karolak 6. Muslims and Christians in Egyptian State Formation: A New Beginning in 2011?; Sebastian Elsässer 7. Religion, Ethnicity, and State Formation in Algeria: 'The Berber' As a Category of Contestation; Lisa Watanabe 8. The Free Patriotic Movement and Hezbollah Political Entente: A Paradigm Shift in Lebanese Identity and State Formation?; Bouchra Bouyoub

O autorze

Kenneth Christie, Royal Roads University, Canada Mohammad Masad, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates Marion Boulby, Trent University, Canada Nur Köprülü, Near East University, North Cyprus Sebastiano Andreotti , independent historian and geopolitical analyst Magdalena Karolak, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Sebastian Elsässer, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Germany Lisa Watanabe, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Switzerland Bouchra Bouyoub , City University London, UK