Europe and the Arab world : patterns and prospects for the new relationship /: patterns and prospects for the new relationship. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Samir Amin, Ali El Kenz.
• Other Names: Amin, Samir; El Kenz, Ali
• Contents: 1. The Arab world: a balance sheet of the present situation. The autocratic state faced with the challenge of modernity ; Political Islam ; Political conflicts and social struggles ; The 'third sector' of the social reality ; Community associations: a genuine burgeoning or a smokescreen? ; Geo-strategy, Arab unity and Palestinian intifadas. -- 2. The Mediterranean-Gulf region: some international policy problems. The strategic hegemony of the United States ; Europe and the Arab Mediterranean to the south ; After the Soviet collapse and the Gulf and Yugoslav wars. -- 3. Euro-Mediterranean relationships: globalization and regionalization. Globalization and regionalization ; The Euro-Mediterranean partnership: fiction and fact ; The Euro-Mediterranean project: beyond the discourse ; The real issues at stake in the Euro-Mediterranean project ; The Barcelona compromise. -- 4. On the Euro-Mediterranean partnership. The Arab world fossilized in its powerlessness ; The 'Euro-Mediterranean' partnership. -- Basic data on the Arab world.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Zed Books Distributed exclusively in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (166 pages)
• Subjects: 337.1/42/0956; Politics & government; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Economics; Internationale Politik; Internationale betrekkingen; Internationale orde; Europese Unie; Naher Osten; Arabische Staaten; Europa; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781848131316; 1848131313; 9781848136632; 1848136633; 1281215937; 9781281215932
• Related ISBNs: 1842774360; 9781842774366; 1842774379; 9781842774373; 9953140685; 9789953140681
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-157) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.