Routledge handbook of Middle East politics. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Larbi Sadiki.
• Editors: Sadiki, Larbi
• Contents: 1. Introduction: Middle East Politics: A Field in Transit Larbi Sadiki I. Knowledge Frames and Horizons 2. Middle of Where? East of What? Simulated Postcoloniality’s Assemblages, Rhizomes and Simulacra Larbi Sadiki 3. Traveling the Middle East without a Map: Three Main Debates Bahgat Korany 4. Literature in the Arab Postcolony Miriam Cooke 5. The Primacy of Fieldwork: Inductive Explorations of the MENA State Laurie A. Brand 6. Nationalism in the Arab Middle East: Resolving Some Problems James Gelvin 7. Studying the International Relations of the Arabian Peninsula/Persian Gulf: A Personal Account and a Theoretical Overview F. Gregory Gause III 8. Committed History: Sticking to Facts and Adhering to Principles Ilan Pappe 9. Reimagining the Middle East and Its Place in the World Robert Bianchi II. Towards Re-conceptualizations of the Democratic and the Authoritarian 10. Survey Research and the Study of Politics in the Arab World Mark Tessler 11. Authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa: the trajectories of the MENA republics Raymond Hinnebusch 12. ‘ Economic Reform’ Since the 1980s: The Political Corollaries of a Political Project Eberhard Kienle 13. Overcoming Exceptionalism-Party Politics and Voting Behavior in the Middle East and North Africa Francesco Cavatorta 14. Elections in authoritarian contexts: The case of Algeria Youcef Bouandel III. The Secular and the Religious: Questions and Contests 15. The Challenges of Researching Political Islam Beverly Milton-Edwards 16. The Other Side of Middle Eastern Studies: On Democracy, Violence and Islam Abdelwahab El-Affendi 17. Sectarian fault lines in the Middle East: sources of conflicts or communal bonds? Keiko Sakai and Kota Suechika 18. The Unseen in the Islamic Awakening: Walking with the Muslim Jesus Raymond William Baker 19. Re-thinking Shīʿī political theology Naser Ghobadzadeh 20. Patronage in Reverse and the Secular State in Egypt Mohammed Moussa IV. Gendered Relations and Realities: Critical Interpretations 21. Gender and Politics in the Middle East Nicola Pratt 22. Islam and Resistance in the Middle East: A Methodology of Muslim Struggle and the Impact on Women Maria Holt 23. Gender, Religion, and Politics in Jewish and Muslim Contexts: The Case of Israel Lihi Ben Shitrit 24. Gender: Still a Useful Category to Analyze Middle East History? A View from Egypt (1919-2019) Lucia Sorbera V. Borderline Politics: Claims and Counter-claims 25. Social Movements and the Middle East Anne Marie Baylouny 26. Sports and politics: The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer James M. Dorsey 27. Various Faces of Violent Radicalisation in the Syrian Crisis: the Case of Tripoli Marie Kortam 28. Non-state actors and ‘the international’: counterinsurgency and empire in the Middle East Marina Calculli 29. Start with the Art: New Ways of Understanding the Political in the Middle East Kirsten Scheid 30. Truth to Power: On Digital Scene-Making Tarek El-Ariss 31. Bread and its Subsidy: Some Reflections Jose Ciro Martinez VI. Conceptual Categories: Reflexive Notes 32. Distributive Politics in the Middle East Lisa Blaydes 33. The Rule of Law in the Contemporary Arab Middle East David Mednicoff 34. The Politics of Identity in the Middle East: Rereading Arab Nationalism Youssef M. Choueiri 35. On the Intertwinement of the Political and the Intellectual in Modern Arab History Elizabeth Kassab 36. Studying the Middle East Security Sector: A Conceptual Framework Oren Barak 37. Reflections on Doing Digital Humanities in the Context of the Middle East Minoo Moallem 38. The Theoretical and Methodological Traps in Studying Sectarianism in the Middle East: Neo-Primordialism and ‘Clichéd Constructivism’ Rima Majed 39. Tentative Notes on Syria’s Uprising: Researching Protest Politics in the Diaspora Layla Saleh VII. Navigating The Field: Notes And Outlooks 40. Researching Iranian history and politics: a guide for the perplexed Ali M. Ansari 41. Investigating Tribalism and Civil Society in Qatar Ali A. Hadi Alshawi 42. Yemen: The Case of Politics, Tribes and Instability Bakeel Alzandani 43. Is Sustainable Development Possible Under Occupation? The Case of Palestine Basem Ezbidi 44. Palestinian Politics in One Century, from Sykes-Picot to Post Oslo Agreement - A Time for a Re-Evaluation As’ad Ghanem 45. Concluding Remarks: Quandaries of Researching Middle East Politics Sheila Carapico
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 320.956; Middle East -- Politics and government; Middle East -- History; Middle East -- Social conditions
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351692595; 9781351692601; 9781351692588; 9781315170688
• Related ISBNs: 9781138047631
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