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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “benjamin schuetze”
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  • Promoting Democracy, Reinforcing Authoritarianism

    US and European Policy in Jordan

    by Benjamin Schuetze ...
    Series Book 57 - Cambridge Middle East Studies
    Appearing against the backdrop of Jordan's remarkable levels of authoritarian stability and accounting for Jordan being one of the highest recipients of US and European 'democracy promotion' funding, Promoting Democracy, Reinforcing Authoritarianism examines what external 'democracy promoters' actually do when they promote democracy. By examining why Jordanian authoritarianism is so stable, not ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Power, Resistance, Ideology and the State

    Charles Tripp and the Comparative Politics of the Middle East

    by Hannes Baumann, Louise Fawcett, Toby Matthiesen, Jamil Mouawad, Evaleila Pesaran, Aurora Sottimano, Benjamin Schuetze ...
    Series series Gingko-St Andrews Series
    A wide-ranging, innovative, and essential exploration of the politics of today’s Middle East.Power, Resistance, Ideology and the State: Charles Tripp and the Comparative Politics of the Middle East seeks to present a new understanding of a region of unprecedented volatility, where postcolonial projects of state-driven development have now expired, old ruling elites have been delegitimized, and ... Read more

    $50.99 USD

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  • Contemporary Politics in the Middle East

    by Beverley Milton-Edwards ...
    The fourth edition of this dynamic and popular text provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary politics in the Middle East. Fully revised and updated throughout, it features a new chapter on the Arab Spring and its aftermath, plus a wide range of vibrant case studies, data, questions for class discussion and suggestions for further reading.Purposefully employing a clear thematic ... Read more

    $23.00 USD

  • Saudi Arabia and Iran

    Power and Rivalry in the Middle East

    by Simon Mabon ...
    In the wake of the 1979 Iranian revolution, relations between states in the Middle East were reconfigured and reassessed overnight. Amongst the most-affected was the relationship between Iran and Saudi Arabia. The existence of a new regime in Tehran led to increasingly vitriolic confrontations between these two states, often manifesting themselves in the conflicts across the region, such as those ... Read more

    $109.99 USD

  • The New Middle East

    Protest and Revolution in the Arab World

    Edited by Fawaz A. Gerges ...
    The New Middle East is one of the first comprehensive books to critically examine the Arab popular uprisings of 2011–12. While these uprisings prompted a number of cursory publications, this volume contains meticulous and thoughtful reflections on the causes, drivers and effects of these seminal events on the internal, regional and international politics of the Middle East and North Africa. ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa

    Into the New Millennium

    Edited by Sherine Hafez, Susan Slyomovics ...
    This volume combines ethnographic accounts of fieldwork with overviews of recent anthropological literature about the region on topics such as Islam, gender, youth, and new media. It addresses contemporary debates about modernity, nation building, and the link between the ideology of power and the production of knowledge. Contributors include established and emerging scholars known for the depth ... Read more

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  • Revolutionary Life

    The Everyday of the Arab Spring

    by Asef Bayat ...
    From a leading scholar of the Middle East and North Africa comes a new way of thinking about the Arab Spring and the meaning of revolution.From the standpoint of revolutionary politics, the Arab Spring can seem like a wasted effort. In Tunisia, where the wave of protest began, as well as in Egypt and the Gulf, regime change never fully took hold. Yet if the Arab Spring failed to disrupt the ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • The Syrian Revolution

    Between the Politics of Life and the Geopolitics of Death

    by Yasser Munif ...
    Understanding the Syrian revolution is unthinkable without an in-depth analysis from below. Paying attention to the complex activities of the grassroots resistance, this book demands we rethink the revolution.Having lived in Syria for over fifteen years, Yasser Munif is expert in exploring the micropolitics of revolutionary forces. He uncovers how cities are managed, how precious food is ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Myth of Middle East Exceptionalism

    Unfinished Social Movements

    by Peyman Vahabzadeh, Abigail B. Bakan, Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Navid Pourmokhtari, Juan Cole, Mariam Georgis, Tariq Ali, Bessma Momani, Melissa Finn0, Michael Frishkopf1, Guilnard Moufarrej2, George Mürer3, Carolyn Ramzy4, Jonathan Shannon5, Nermeen Youssef6, Iman Mersal7, Ramin Jahanbegloo8, Roozbeh Safshekan Esfahani9, Paul Rowe0, amina wadud1, Poyraz Kolluoglu2, Victoria Tahmasebi-Birgani3, Nermin Allam4, Mark Muhannad Ayyash5, Khaled Abou El Fadl6 ...
    More than a decade after the birth of contemporary social movements in the Middle East and North Africa scholars are asking what these movements have achieved and how we should evaluate their lasting legacies. The quiet encroachments of MENA counterrevolutionary forces in the post-Arab Spring era have contributed to the revival of an outdated Orientalist discourse of Middle East exceptionalism, ... Read more

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  • Talking to Arab Youth

    Revolution and Counterrevolution in Egypt and Tunisia

    by Nur Laiq ...
    A new IPI book maps the civic and political activism of youth in postrevolutionary Egypt and Tunisia. Who are the youth activists of Egypt and Tunisia? What are their ideas, and what types of action are they taking? As key protagonists of revolution in 2011, what capacity do they now have to sustain their political and civic engagement over the long term? The book examines the competing narratives ... Read more

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  • The Arab Uprisings Explained

    New Contentious Politics in the Middle East

    Edited by Marc Lynch ...
    Series series Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics
    Why did Tunisian protests following the self-immolation of Mohammed Bouazizi lead to a massive wave of uprisings across the entire Arab world? Who participated in those protests, and what did they hope to achieve? Why did some leaders fall in the face of popular mobilization while others found ways to survive? And what have been the lasting results of the contentious politics of 2011 and 2012? The ... Read more

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  • The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of the Middle East

    by Armando Salvatore, Sari Hanafi, Kieko Obuse ...
    Series series OXFORD HANDBOOKS SERIES
    The sociology of the Middle East has been an expanding field of inquiry since the aftermath of World War II when the Middle East became central in key sociological debates on modernization theory and their critical responses. The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of the Middle East connects this historical trajectory with the emergence of the sociology of Islam, inspired by Max Weber. It explores ... Read more

    $176.99 USD