Business Regime Loyalties in the Arab World
Author: Scott Greenwood
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 650
ISBN-13:
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Structuring Conflict in the Arab World
Author: Ellen Lust-Okar
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005-01-10
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 1139442732
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines how ruling elites manage and manipulate their political opposition in the Middle East. In contrast to discussions of government-opposition relations that focus on how rulers either punish or co-opt opponents, this book focuses on the effect of institutional rules governing the opposition. It argues rules determining who is and is not allowed to participate in the formal political arena affect not only the relationships between opponents and the state, but also between various opposition groups. This affects the dynamics of opposition during prolonged economic crises. It also shapes the informal strategies that ruling elites use toward opponents. The argument is presented using a formal model of government-opposition relations. It is demonstrated in the cases of Egypt under Presidents Nasir, Sadat and Mubarek; Jordan under King Husayn; and Morocco under King Hasan II.
Business as Usual?
Author: Katherine Blue Carroll
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780739105054
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKatherine Blue Carroll explores the dynamic link between Jordan's business community and the state between 1983 and 2000.
Democratization and Authoritarianism in the Arab World
Author: Larry Diamond
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2014-04
Total Pages: 423
ISBN-13: 1421414163
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSchraederAlfred StepanMark TesslerFrédéric VolpiLucan WayFrederic WehreySean L. Yom
Political Succession in the Arab World
Author: Anthony Billingsley
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009-12-16
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 1135182582
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPolitical succession is a key issue in the contemporary Middle East. In this new study the author examines the process and shows how respect for those in authority and tribal codes of loyalty have been far more influential in maintaining regimes than security institutions and political repression. The Arab world is faced by political turmoil and demands for reform. Many of the problems of the region are attributed to the form of leadership that dominates the area, leadership that is authoritarian and focused on regime survival rather than political change. The book highlights the ways in which family loyalties pervade political, economic and social life and how constitutions are being used to consolidate the power of ruling families in republics and monarchies. The volume explores the notion that the region’s rulers, monarchic and republican, are inclined to pass their power on to their sons, and evaluates the use they make of family and tribal networks to maintain their power. The work sees to demonstrate that despite economic and social problems, Arabs value stability and prefer an authoritarian family-based regime than government run by Islamist groups. Providing new insights into the influences on political succession in the Middle East, this work will be of great interests to scholars of Middle East studies, history and international relations.
Economic Development and Political Action in the Arab World
Author: M.A. Mohamed Salih
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-03-05
Total Pages: 227
ISBN-13: 1135081158
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnalysis of North African revolt against authoritarianism, known as the ‘Arab Spring’, embraced reductionist explanations such as the social media, youth unemployment and citizens’ agitations to regain dignity in societies humiliated by oppressive regimes. This book illustrates that reductionist approaches can only elucidate some symptoms of a social problem while leaving unexplained the economic and political structures which contributed to it. One outcome of quiescence, resource-based ethnic and sectarian conflicts and faulty development paradigm is deepened inequality and a wedge between winners and losers or affluence, wealth and power vis-à-vis poverty and hunger among humiliated jobless and hope-less masses. The book blends theories of development and transition to explain the complex factors which contributed to North Africans’ revolt against authoritarianism and its long-term consequences for political development in the Arab World. This timely book is of great interest to researchers and students in Development Studies, Economics and Middle Eastern Studies as well as policy makers and democracy, human rights and social justice activists in the Arab world.
Socio-Political Order and Security in the Arab World
Author: Andreas Krieg
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2017-03-27
Total Pages: 283
ISBN-13: 3319522434
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the connection between socio-politics and security in the Arab World. In an effort to understand the social and political developments that have been on-going in the Arab World since the 1990s, culminating in the Arab Spring, Krieg moves beyond liberal deterministic assumptions - most notably that the promotion of liberal values and democracy are the panacea for the structural problems of the region. Instead, this text advances the case that grievances related to individual security needs are at the heart of regional insecurity and instability. Looking towards the future, the author asserts that regimes can only be resilient if they are able to provide for individual security inclusively. When regimes fail to cater for public security, they might be replaced by alternative non-state security providers.
The Arab Revolts
Author: David McMurray
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2013-02-22
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 0253009685
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 2011 eruptions of popular discontent across the Arab world, popularly dubbed the Arab Spring, were local manifestations of a regional mass movement for democracy, freedom, and human dignity. Authoritarian regimes were either overthrown or put on notice that the old ways of oppressing their subjects would no longer be tolerated. These essays from Middle East Report—the leading source of timely reporting and insightful analysis of the region—cover events in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Syria, and Yemen. Written for a broad audience of students, policymakers, media analysts, and general readers, the collection reveals the underlying causes of the revolts by identifying key trends during the last two decades leading up to the recent insurrections.
Dissertation Abstracts International
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Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13:
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