Hybrid Sovereignty In The Arab Middle East

Author : Gokhan Bacik
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hybrid Sovereignty in the Arab Middle East written by Gokhan Bacik and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2008 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides readers with a fresh analysis of the Arab state by using a new theoretical framework: hybrid sovereignty. Hybrid sovereignty is used as an analytical tool to explain the survival of traditional patterns and forms of authority within the formal modern statehood. The author looks at various issue areas to make his argument: citizenship, the issue of minorities, electoral engineering, the failure of central rule, tribalism, and the lack of impersonal bureaucratic mechanism. He concludes that based on the problems at state-society level boundaries of statehood, the Arab state can be identified as hybrid-sovereign.

Author : G. Bacik
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 023061034X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hybrid Sovereignty in the Arab Middle East written by G. Bacik and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-12-25 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides readers with a fresh analysis of the Arab state by using a new theoretical framework: hybrid sovereignty. The author examines various areas to make his argument: citizenship, the issue of minorities, electoral engineering, the failure of central rule, tribalism, and the lack of impersonal bureaucratic mechanism.

Author : Abel Polese
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429607660
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Statehood in the Middle East and North Africa written by Abel Polese and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-21 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alternative forms of government and statehood exist in the Middle East and North African regions. The chapters in this volume demonstrate this and explore the notion of power from a non-statist perspective, highlighting the limits of states and their governance. Using empirical evidence from Syria, Libya, Lebanon, Tunisia, Iraq, Yemen, and Mali, the authors explore non-standard cases where power may be retained by a state but must be shared with a number of local actors, resulting in limited statehood and hybrid governance, which leads to competition and sharing of symbolic and political power within a state. This book is intended to prompt a critical reflection on the meaning of governance. It will illuminate informal structures which deserve attention when studying governance and power dynamics within a state or a region. This book was originally published as a special issue of Small Wars & Insurgencies.

Author : Avi Melamed
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 151076934X
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inside the Middle East written by Avi Melamed and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why Is the Middle East Entering a “New Era?” Is It a New Dawn? Is It a Setting Sun? In the third decade of the twenty-first century, the Middle East is entering a new era. A multifaceted and intricate equilibrium will write the next chapter of this region. The new era we are entering is fraught with challenges and full of opportunities. The new era is both defined by, and a result of, a combination of ancient and modern, domestic, regional, and international processes. Iran and Turkey each strive to position themselves as the regional superpower. In parallel, the people of the region struggle to overcome increasing domestic challenges. These developments, combined with an escalating struggle over path, identity, and direction, could result in a new model of statehood in the Arab world. While some countries take the turbulent path toward a possible new statehood model, others are fighting for their sovereignty and survival. All of this is occurring while Western hegemony in the Middle East is coming to an end and the Eastern giants are on the rise. Acclaimed Middle East expert, an Israeli fluent in Arabic, English, and Hebrew, Avi Melamed has a proven exceptional record of foreseeing the evolution of events in the Middle East and their impact on a local and regional level. In this book, Melamed takes you on a fascinating eye-opening journey through the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East in the third decade of the twenty first century. He challenges common Western concepts, narratives, and theories. And he provides predictions about some of the most central regional issues of the day. Using primarily sources from the region, Avi Melamed provides a professional, rare insider’s view and clearly and insightfully contextualizes current regional events. Inside The Middle East: Entering a New Era provides the knowledge and tools to connect the dots. This distinct understanding allows the reader to build a multidimensional picture of the geopolitical reality of the Middle East today and provides an unparalleled foundation for navigating the events of tomorrow.

Author : Sally N Cummings
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748675396
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sovereignty After Empire written by Sally N Cummings and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a unique, systematic comparison of empires and of their consequences for sovereignty in the Middle East and Central Asia. It brings theory on empire and sovereignty to bear on empirical variation across the two regions.

Author : Mr Kingshuk Chatterjee
Publisher : KW Publishers Pvt Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9385714457
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dilemma of Popular Sovereignty in the Middle East: Power from or to the People? written by Mr Kingshuk Chatterjee and published by KW Publishers Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2014-03-15 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ongoing political turmoil in the Middle East as a whole would seem to be essentially a contest between the minimalist and maximalist positions on popular sovereignty: should power merely come from, and be exercised in the name of, the people? Or, should those in power be fully accountable to the people? The dilemma warrants a closer look. The present volume comes out of an international conference held in Calcutta, India organised by the Institute of Foreign Policy Studies and the Centre for Pakistan and West Asian Studies, University of Calcutta in March 2013. This volume aims not at a definitive analysis of why what happened did happen; it aims instead at getting a sense of what was actually happening, and what is at issue.

Author : Panayiotis J. Vatikiotis
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415158497
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Middle East written by Panayiotis J. Vatikiotis and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the politics of the Middle East over the last 50 years. It is an attempt to make sense of the Middle East in the New World Order.

Author : Michael C. Hudson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780231111386
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Middle East Dilemma written by Michael C. Hudson and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1990 the Gulf War, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Arab-Israeli peace process and the trend to market-driven economies impacted the regional political and economic order of the Arab world dramatically. How do these events affect the processes of Arab integration? Is the idea of an Arab political and economic comunity in the broadest sense no longer viable? What lessons can be learned from recent attempts toward the future of Arab unity? A team of respected political scientists, historians, and economists carefully assesses the state of regional integration and cooperation, and explains why integration in general has proven so elusive. From the unification of North and South Yemen, to the struggle for Mahgreb unity, and the experiences of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council, this book presents a complex portrait of the history and prospects for Arab integration. Part I examines the trends and points the way toward a more rational Arab order. Bahgat Korany reminds us of the continuing relevance of the balance-of-power in understanding Arab world dynamics. Bassam Tibi traces the decline of the Arab "imagined community" and the rise of the Arab state system. Part II offers five case studies exploring the political forces behind integrative attempts on the subregional level. Essays include Mustafa Al-Sayyid on the short-lived "United Arab Republic" of Egypt and Syria; and Abdul Khaleq Abdulla on the hastily established Gulf Cooperation Council. In Part III, economic integration and development are discussed. Roger Owens reviews the efforts to organize an Arab common market. Yusif Sayigh offers a blunt critique of the Joint Arab Economic Action project. Finally, Michael Hudson raises the possibility of a new model of inter-Arab coordination based on sovereign institutional realities and rational collective choice.

Author : Nazih N. Ayubi
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Over-stating the Arab State written by Nazih N. Ayubi and published by I.B. Tauris. This book was released on 1995-12-31 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is it that even though they all call themselves Arab, there are actually twenty disparate Arab states? Why have these states engaged in numerous attempts at political unification, each of which has ended in failure? Although the rhetoric of politics in most countries is based on broad, universalist ideas such as nationalism or socialism, why have actual ruling castes been so narrowly based and non-representative? These are some of the questions that inform this comparative study of politics and the role of the state in Arab world, and make this a key textbook for students of Middle East politics, political theory and political economy.

Author : Sune Haugbolle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781032134147
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Altered States written by Sune Haugbolle and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Building on Timothy Mitchell's seminal 1991 exploration of the "Limits of the State," this book brings together contributions on the state in the Arab world from the past and present in an edited volume. Altered States views the state less as a matter of people and institutions and more as sets of practices, regimes of truth, and capabilities of power, and the effects they have on those under their control. Through analysing case studies - including Tunisia, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Palestine, UAE, Rojova, and the Islamic State - the concept of the state is applied and questioned. This book examines the roots of policies that led to the uprisings, focusing on how the "authoritarian bargain", which helped define Arab politics, broke down with the rise of neoliberalism. It also assesses how boundaries between state and society have been redrawn, as various dynamics have brought state forces into more open conflict with citizens and each other. The rapid pace of change in the Arab world has necessitated constant modification of themes and theoretical lens of analysis. This book will, therefore, be of interest to practitioners, graduate students and academics of the Arab world, statehood, and political science"--