Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Democratization and Government
About the Book Series
This series examines new ways of understanding democratization and government in the Middle East. The varied and uneven processes of change, occurring in the Middle Eastern region, can no longer be read and interpreted solely through the prism of Euro-American transitology. Seeking to frame critical parameters in light of these new horizons, this series instigates reinterpretations of democracy and propagates formerly ‘subaltern,’ narratives of democratization. Reinvigorating discussion on how Arab and Middle Eastern peoples and societies seek good government, Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Democratization and Government provides tests and contests of old and new assumptions.
Islam as Power: Shi‛i Revivalism in the Oeuvre of Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah
1st Edition
By Bianka Speidl
December 19, 2022
Providing an in-depth and extensive analysis of the concept of power as articulated by Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah (1935–2010), this case study analyses the systemic conceptualisation of power and his argumentation of sacralising Islamised power. The volume also offers a quick overview of how the ...
Narratives of Arab Secularism: Politics, Feminism and Religion
1st Edition
By Youssef M. Choueiri
November 16, 2022
This book offers a new interpretation of the rich narratives of Arab secularism, contending that secularism as a set of ideas and a social movement is destined to loom large on the political and legal horizon of most Arab states. Youssef M. Choueiri provides a study of three moments in the ...
The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank: The Theatrics of Woeful Statecraft
1st Edition
By Michelle Pace, Somdeep Sen
September 30, 2020
The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank explores the manner in which the Palestinian Authority’s performative acts affect and shape the lives and subjective identities of those in its vicinity in the occupied West Bank. The nature of Palestinians’ statelessness has to contend with the rituals of...
US Hard Power in the Arab World: Resistance, the Syrian Uprising and the War on Terror
1st Edition
By Layla Saleh
May 07, 2019
Neither stability nor change in the post-colonial Arab world can be fully understood without considering the international context, and American Foreign policy in particular. However, the exact nature of America’s presence in the Arab world, and the scope and modes of its influence, all appear to ...
Politics of the Islamic Tradition: The Thought of Muhammad Al-Ghazali
1st Edition
By Mohammed Moussa
September 27, 2018
Over the last two centuries the Muslim world has undergone dramatic transformations, impacting the Islamic tradition and throwing into question our understanding of tradition. The notion of tradition as an unmoving edifice is contradicted by the very process of its transmission, and the complex ...
Egyptians in Revolt: The Political Economy of Labor and Student Mobilizations 1919–2011
1st Edition
By Adel Ghafar
August 14, 2018
Egyptians in Revolt investigates the political economy of the Egyptian labor and student movements. Using elements of social movement theory within a broad political economy framework, it assesses labor and student mobilizations in four eras of contemporary Egyptian history: the pre-1952 era, the ...
Al Jazeera and Democratization: The Rise of the Arab Public Sphere
1st Edition
By Ezzeddine Abdelmoula
December 13, 2017
Al Jazeera and Democratization analyses the increasing role of the media in political transformations with a special emphasis on the Arab world. Taking the Al Jazeera media network as a case study, the author explains how engaging the public and providing platforms for open debate and free ...
Political and Constitutional Transitions in North Africa: Actors and Factors
1st Edition
Edited
By Justin Frosini, Francesco Biagi
December 13, 2017
The transformations which are taking place in the Arab world are dynamic processes characterised by a number of variables that one can refer to as actors and factors. The implications of the Arab uprisings are important for the world at large; the Arab world’s successes, and failures, at this ...
Oil States in the New Middle East: Uprisings and stability
1st Edition
Edited
By Kjetil Selvik, Bjørn Olav Utvik
June 16, 2017
Oil has been central to regime survival for oil states across the Arabian Peninsula and has been at the heart of their attempts to defuse the wave of Arab revolutions. However, in 2011 revolution hit Libya, the most oil dependent regime in the Middle East. The political storm winds that have swept ...
Sufism and Politics in Morocco: Activism and Dissent
1st Edition
By Abdelilah Bouasria
May 24, 2017
Presenting a political history and sociology of Moroccan Sufism from colonialism to the modern day, this book studies the Sufi model of Master and Disciple in relation to social and political life, comparing the different eras of acquiescent versus dissident Sufism. This comparative fieldwork ...
Revolutionary Egypt: Connecting Domestic and International Struggles
1st Edition
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By Reem Abou-El-Fadl
February 03, 2017
In 2011 the world watched as Egyptians rose up against a dictator. Observers marveled at this sudden rupture, and honed in on the heroes of Tahrir Square. Revolutionary Egypt analyzes this tumultuous period from multiple perspectives, bringing together experts on the Middle East from disciplines as...
Crowds and Politics in North Africa: Tunisia, Algeria and Libya
1st Edition
By Andrea Khalil
January 30, 2017
This book takes predominant crowd theory to task, questioning received ideas about ‘mob psychology’ that remain prevalent today. It is a synchronic study of crowds, crowd dynamics and the relationships of crowds to political power in Tunisia, Libya and Algeria (2011-2013) that has far ...