Stability and Change in the Modern Middle East

Selvik, Kjetil/ Stenslie, Stig

I.B. Tauris（2011/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 304 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781848855892
• DDC分類 956.05

Full Description

In this ground-breaking book, aimed at new generation of students, Stig Stenslie and Kjetil Selvik provide a new introduction to the contemporary Middle East, using topical questions about stability and change as a way of interrogating the politics, economics and history of the region. How have regimes from North Africa to the Gulf perpetuated themselves in spite of the weakness of the Western-style state, the Islamist trend, and the destabilising effects of war and terrorism? What strategies have states used to control their societies, and how have both states and societies adapted over time? Both an accessible reference resource and a thought-provoking analysis, Stability and Change in the Modern Middle East introduces the key theoretical concepts for understanding the region and the freshest thinking on debates surrounding them, and brings the empirical material in to sharp focus through its unique thematic approach.

Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Troubled Heritage

PART I: Society, Identity, State
Chapter 3: Class
Chapter 4: Ethnicity

PART II: Ideology and Legitimacy
Chapter 5: Reformism
Chapter 6: Islamism

PART III: The Organisation of State Power
Chapter 7: Monarchies
Chapter 8: Republics

PART IV: Scenarios of Change
Chapter 9: Democratisation
Chapter 10: Breakdown
Chapter 11: Conclusion