Description
A definitive overview of what political scientists are working on within the Middle East and North Africa.The Arab Uprisings of 2011-12 catalyzed a new wave of rigorous, deeply informed research on the politics of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). In The Political Science of the Middle East, Marc Lynch, Jillian Schwedler, and Sean Yom present the definitive overview of this pathbreaking turn. This is a monumental stocktaking organized around a singular theme: new theorizing from the MENA has advanced the frontiers of comparative politics and international relations, and the close-range study of the region occupies a core place in mainstream political science. Its dozen chapters cover an exhaustive array of topics, including authoritarianism and democracy, contentious politics, regional security, military institutions, conflict and violence, the political economy of development, Islamist movements, identity and sectarianism, public opinion, migration, and local politics. For each of these topics, leading MENA experts and specialists highlight innovative concepts, vibrant debates, diverse methodologies, and unexpected findings. The result is an indispensable research primer, one that stands as a generational statement from a regional subfield.
Table of Contents
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of Contributors1. Introduction: A Project for Middle East Political Science-Research Agendas for a Maturing FieldMarc Lynch2. Authoritarianism Reconfigured: Evolving Forms of Political ControlAndré Bank, Eva Bellin, Michael Herb, Lisa Wedeen, Sean Yom, and Saloua Zerhouni3. Between Two Uprisings-The Study of Protest in the Middle East, 2010-2020Nermin Allam, Chantal Berman, Killian Clarke, and Jillian Schwedler4. International Relations and Regional (In)securityMay Darwich, F. Gregory Gause III, Waleed Hazbun, Curtis Ryan, and Morten Valbjørn5. Militaries, Militias, and ViolenceHolger Albrecht, Kevin Koehler, Devorah Manekin, and Ora Szekely6. Political Economy and DevelopmentFerdinand Eibl, Shimaa Hatab, and Steffen Hertog7. Islam and IslamismTarek Masoud, Khalil al-Anani, Steven Brooke, Courtney Freer, and R. Quinn Mecham8. The Politics of Identity and SectarianismFanar Haddad, Lisel Hintz, Rima Majed, Toby Matthiesen, Bassel F. Salloukh, and Alexandra Siegel9. Public OpinionLindsay J. Benstead, Justin Gengler, and Michael Robbins10. Migration and DisplacementRawan Arar, Laurie Brand, Rana B. Khoury, Noora Lori, Lama Mourad, and Wendy Pearlman11. Towards a Relational Approach to Local PoliticsJanine A. Clark, Sarah El-Kazaz, Mona Harb, and Lana Salman12. Triumph Over Adversity: Reflections on the Practice of Middle East Political ScienceLisa AndersonIndex
