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.
Elites and Arab Politics: New Perspectives on Popular Protest
1st Edition
By Ian Kelly
December 19, 2022
This work explains elite behaviour in authoritarian systems and proposes why elites withdraw their support for the incumbent when faced with popular uprisings. Building upon foundations drawn from institutional authoritarianism and synthesised with local context from the substantial scholarship on ...
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 ...
Tunisian Civil Society: Political Culture and Democratic Function Since 2011
1st Edition
By Alexander P. Martin
December 13, 2021
Investigating the political transition after the 2011 Tunisian revolution, this book explores whether civil society is fulfilling its democratic functions. Examining the existence of a civil political culture, that is identified through the presence of the six criteria of Freedom, Equality, ...
The Failure of Democracy in Iraq: Religion, Ideology and Sectarianism
1st Edition
By Hamid Alkifaey
September 30, 2020
The Failure of Democracy in Iraq studies democratization in post-2003 Iraq, which has so far failed, due mainly to cultural and religious reasons. There are other factors, such as the legacy of the dictatorial regime, exclusionary policies, the problem of stateness, interference by regional powers,...
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...
Kurdistan in Iraq: The Evolution of a Quasi-State
1st Edition
By Aram Rafaat
August 14, 2020
The Kurdish-Iraqi conflict lies in the fact that Kurdistan is a nation-without-a-state and Iraq is a non-nation state, each possessing a nationhood project differing from and opposing the other. Iraqi-Kurdistan is an outward looking entity seeking external patronage. Though external patronage has ...
Political and Institutional Transition in North Africa: Egypt and Tunisia in Comparative Perspective
1st Edition
By Silvia Colombo
August 14, 2020
The year 2011 will go down in history as a turning point for the Arab world. The popular unrest that swept across the region and led to the toppling of the Ben Ali, Mubarak, and Qaddhafi regimes in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya has fundamentally altered the social, economic, and political outlooks of ...
Politics and Revolution in Egypt: Rise and Fall of the Youth Activists
1st Edition
By Sarah Rennick
August 14, 2020
In the years since the 2011 revolutions, Egypt and the Arab countries in general have moved from a profound moment of hope and democratic potential to deepened authoritarianism and outright war. Among the many political actors who have seen their political prospects rise and fall are youth ...
Clientelism and Patronage in the Middle East and North Africa: Networks of Dependency
1st Edition
Edited
By Laura Ruiz de Elvira, Christoph Schwarz, Irene Weipert-Fenner
June 30, 2020
One common demand in the 2011 uprisings in the MENA region was the call for ‘freedom, dignity, and social justice.’ Citizens rallied against corruption and clientelism, which for many protesters were deeply linked to political tyranny. This book takes the phenomenon of the 2011 uprisings as a ...
Hamas and Palestine: The Contested Road to Statehood
1st Edition
By Martin Kear
June 30, 2020
Hamas and Palestine: The Contested Road to Statehood analyses the Palestinian Islamist movement, Hamas, between 2005 and 2017. The book expounds how Hamas has employed a dual resistance strategy, consisting of political and armed resistance, as a mechanism to achieve, maintain, and defend its ...
EU Foreign Policy and Hamas: Inconsistencies and Paradoxes
1st Edition
By Adeeb Ziadeh
December 12, 2019
Shortly after the overwhelming victory of Hamas in the 2006 parliamentary and municipal elections, civil war broke out in the Gaza Strip between members of the two factions, Hamas and Fatah. The EU, along with the US, UN and Russia, not only gave its support to Fatah against Hamas, but also imposed...