The Changing Middle East

Author : Asef Bayat
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780804786331

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Life as Politics by Asef Bayat Pdf

Prior to 2011, popular imagination perceived the Muslim Middle East as unchanging and unchangeable, frozen in its own traditions and history. In Life as Politics, Asef Bayat argues that such presumptions fail to recognize the routine, yet important, ways in which ordinary people make meaningful change through everyday actions. First published just months before the Arab Spring swept across the region, this timely and prophetic book sheds light on the ongoing acts of protest, practice, and direct daily action. The second edition includes three new chapters on the Arab Spring and Iran's Green Movement and is fully updated to reflect recent events. At heart, the book remains a study of agency in times of constraint. In addition to ongoing protests, millions of people across the Middle East are effecting transformation through the discovery and creation of new social spaces within which to make their claims heard. This eye-opening book makes an important contribution to global debates over the meaning of social movements and the dynamics of social change.

Author : Mahmood Monshipouri
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429594151

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Middle East Politics by Mahmood Monshipouri Pdf

Aimed at undergraduate-level courses, this brand-new textbook provides an overview of Middle Eastern politics, offering in-depth examination of the forces of stability, change, uncertainty, and progress in the region. Building on both historical and contemporary analysis, the chapters are timely, engaging, and provocative, covering topics such as: Turmoil and transition in Middle Eastern politics The Arab-Israeli conflict The Persian Gulf and global security The rise of the internet Terrorism and the Islamic State US-Iran relations The role of new regional players, such as China, India, and Russia Increasing investment in wind and solar energy in the post-carbon era. Providing a unique perspective on the major themes and current state of knowledge about the region, this new textbook will be invaluable to students of Middle Eastern politics.

Author : Paul Heinbecker,Bessma Momani
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781554587551

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Canada and the Middle East by Paul Heinbecker,Bessma Momani Pdf

Canada and the Middle East: In Theory and Practice provides a unique perspective on one of the world’s most geopolitically important regions. From the perspective of Canada’s diplomats, academics, and former policy practitioners involved in the region, the book offers an overview of Canada’s relationship with the Middle East and the challenges Canada faces there. The contributors examine Canada’s efforts to promote its interests and values—peace building, peacekeeping, multiculturalism, and multilateralism, for example—and investigate the views of interested communities on Canada’s relations with countries of the Middle East. Canada and the Middle East will be useful to academics and students studying the Middle East, Canadian foreign policy, and international relations. It will also serve as a primer for Canadian companies investing in the Middle East and a helpful reference for Canada’s foreign service and journalists stationed abroad by providing a background to Canadas interestsand role in the region. Co-published with the Centre for International Governance Innovation

Author : Mohamed Zayani
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190934873

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Digital Middle East by Mohamed Zayani Pdf

In recent years, the Middle East's information and communications landscape has changed dramatically. Increasingly, states, businesses, and citizens are capitalizing on the opportunities offered by new information technologies, the fast pace of digitization, and enhanced connectivity. These changes are far from turning Middle Eastern nations into network societies, but their impact is significant. The growing adoption of a wide variety of information technologies and new media platforms in everyday life has given rise to complex dynamics that beg for a better understanding. Digital Middle East sheds a critical light on continuing changes that are closely intertwined with the adoption of information and communication technologies in the region. Drawing on case studies from throughout the Middle East, the contributors explore how these digital transformations are playing out in the social, cultural, political, and economic spheres, exposing the various disjunctions and discordances that have marked the advent of the digital Middle East.

Author : Stuart Schaar,Mohsine El Ahmadi
Publisher : Olive Branch Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1566569737

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The Birth of the Arab Citizen and the Changing Middle East by Stuart Schaar,Mohsine El Ahmadi Pdf

The widespread revolt that began with the Tunisian revolution of December 2010 and inspired uprisings in several Arab countries is arguably one of the most important events to take place in the Middle East this century. But despite the popularity of the uprisings; the overthrow of dictatorships; and revolt’s huge costs in human life and economic hardship, the Arab world remains a tense region, the so-called Arab Spring an unfinished cause. This collection of original essays by 21 internationally respected scholars and experts explores the underlying tensions and conditions that gave rise to the revolt—social, political, economic, and ideological—and explains how Arab citizens are defining new destinies for their societies. It is an essential resource for understanding the popular uprisings and the future of the Middle East and North Africa.

Author : Andrzej Kapiszewski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8389823179

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The changing Middle East by Andrzej Kapiszewski Pdf

Author : Geoffrey Kemp,Robert E. Harkavy
Publisher : Carnegie Endowment for Interna
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39076001777601

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Strategic Geography and the Changing Middle East by Geoffrey Kemp,Robert E. Harkavy Pdf

The breakup of the Soviet Union and the growing links between the new Muslim republics and the Middle East have resulted in new strategic dynamics which have far-reaching implications for the US and other major powers. Featuring extensive maps, this book examines the importance of the new geography and how it affects traditional regional conflicts and the search for their peaceful settlement.

Author : Nils A. Butenschøn,Roel Meijer
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781788111133

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The Middle East in Transition by Nils A. Butenschøn,Roel Meijer Pdf

The violent transitions that have dominated developments since the Arab Uprisings demonstrate deep-seated divisions in the conceptions of state authority and citizen rights and responsibilities. Analysing the Middle East through the lens of the ‘citizenship approach’, this book argues that the current diversity of crisis in the region can be ascribed primarily to the crisis in the relations between state and citizen. The volume includes theoretical discussions and case studies, and covers both Arab and non-Arab countries.

Author : Roy Andersen,Robert F. Seibert,Jon G. Wagner
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131711827

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Politics and Change in the Middle East by Roy Andersen,Robert F. Seibert,Jon G. Wagner Pdf

This edition presents an intensive update of facts, figures and events. It contains extensive discussion of democracy and contains an abundance of visual aids and maps.

Author : Ulrike Freitag,Nelida Fuccaro,Claudia Ghrawi,Nora Lafi
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781782385844

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Urban Violence in the Middle East by Ulrike Freitag,Nelida Fuccaro,Claudia Ghrawi,Nora Lafi Pdf

Covering a period from the late eighteenth century to today, this volume explores the phenomenon of urban violence in order to unveil general developments and historical specificities in a variety of Middle Eastern contexts. By situating incidents in particular processes and conflicts, the case studies seek to counter notions of a violent Middle East in order to foster a new understanding of violence beyond that of a meaningless and destructive social and political act. Contributions explore processes sparked by the transition from empires — Ottoman and Qajar, but also European — to the formation of nation states, and the resulting changes in cityscapes throughout the region.

Author : Ami Ayalon
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195041408

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Language and Change in the Arab Middle East by Ami Ayalon Pdf

In this study of the rise of modern Arabic, Ayalon examines 19th-century linguistic change in the Eastern Arab world, describing how the language responded to the infiltration of Western politics, technology, and culture. Focusing on the realm of political discourse, Ayalon looks at a wide array of evidence--local chronicles, travel accounts, translations of European writings, Arab political treatises, newspapers and periodicals, and dictionaries--to show how shifts in the color, tone, and meaning of the Arab vocabulary reflected a new socio-political and cultural reality.

Author : Tareq Y Ismael
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317662839

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Government and Politics of the Contemporary Middle East by Tareq Y Ismael Pdf

This exciting new edition of the successful textbook for students of Middle Eastern politics provides a highly relevant and comprehensive introduction to the complexities of a region in constant flux. Combining a thematic framework for examining patterns of politics with individual chapters dedicated to specific countries, the book places the very latest developments and long-standing issues within an historical context, introducing key concepts from comparative politics to further explore the interaction between Middle Eastern history and the region’s contemporary political development. Presenting information in an accessible and inclusive format, the book offers: • Coverage of the historical influence of colonialism and major world powers on the shaping of the modern Middle East. • A detailed examination of the legacy of Islam. • Analysis of the political and social aspects of Middle Eastern life: alienation between state and society, poverty and social inequality, ideological crises and renewal. • Case studies on countries in the Northern Belt (Turkey and Iran); the Fertile Crescent (Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, Israel/Palestine); and those West and East of the Red Sea (Egypt and the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council), moving through an historical examination to close analysis of the most recent developments and their political and social impacts. • Extensive pedagogical features, including original maps and further reading sections, provide essential support for the reader. A key introductory text for students of Middle Eastern politics and history at advanced undergraduate and postgraduate levels, this new edition has been extensively updated to also become a timely and significant reference for policy-makers and any motivated reader.

Author : Valerie J. Hoffman
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780815654575

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Making the New Middle East by Valerie J. Hoffman Pdf

Demands for freedom, justice, and dignity have animated protests and revolutions across the Middle East in recent years, from the Iranian Green Movement and the Arab Spring uprisings to Turkey’s March for Justice and the ongoing struggle in Palestine. Although expectations raised by the Arab Spring were largely disappointed and protests that toppled entrenched rulers unleashed vicious counterrevolutionary forces, there is no doubt that the landscape of the Middle East has changed. Drawing from diverse disciplines, this volume offers critical perspectives on these changes, covering politics, religion, gender dynamics, human rights, media, literature, and music. What ultimately has changed in “the new Middle East”? Who are the actors pushing the direction of change? How are aspirations for change being expressed through media and the arts? With extensive analysis and thoughtful reflection, this book gives readers an in-depth portrayal of a modernizing Middle East.

Author : Anoushiravan Ehteshami,Niv Horesh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000357172

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How China's Rise is Changing the Middle East by Anoushiravan Ehteshami,Niv Horesh Pdf

This book explores the extent to which China’s rise is changing the economic, security, political, and social-cultural aspects of the Middle East – a region of significant strategic importance to the West and of increasing importance to the East. With its growing dependence on Middle East oil and gas, China has more at stake in this region than any other Asian power and, not surprisingly, has begun increasing its engagement with the region, with profound implications for other stakeholders. The book charts the history of China’s links with the Middle East, discusses China’s involvement with each of the major countries of the region, considers how China’s rise is reshaping Middle Easterners’ perceptions of China and the Chinese people, and examines the very latest developments.

Author : Roy Andersen,Robert F. Seibert,Jon G. Wagner
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081371796

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Politics and Change in the Middle East by Roy Andersen,Robert F. Seibert,Jon G. Wagner Pdf