The government and politics of the Middle East and North Africa (Bog)

Sprog: Engelsk
Antal sider: 0
Forlag: Westview Press
Udgivelsesår: 2002
Rapid social, economic, and political change is endemic to the Middle East and is often more revolutionary than evolutionary in nature. In many ways, the entire political landscape of the Middle East has been transformed in the past decade in the realm of both international relations and domestic politics: The collapse of the Soviet Union, the end of the cold war, and the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait have all had a profound effect on relations among states within the region and between those states and countries outside the region.In this revised edition, Long and Reich provide comprehensive and up-to-date analyses of many critical contemporary events and issues. The contributors explain how Desert Storm isolated Iraq and brought Syria back into the mainstream of Arab politics, contributing to the revival of the Arab-Israeli peace process. They also show how the return of a Labor government in Israel has allowed the peace process to go forward. Evaluating the economic costs of the Kuwait war and the continuing oil glut, the authors find that resulting changes in the domestic economies of the oil-producing states have created additional pressures for social and political change. The most profound change in government and politics, however, is the rise of Islam as the idiom of political discourse among moderates as well as extremists.
Titel: The government and politics of the Middle East and North Africa
Forfattere: David E. Long,Bernard Reich
Udgave: Fourth edition

Sammendrag: Faglig antologi om regeringer og politiske systemer i Mellemøsten og Nordafrika. Bogen kombinerer landestudier og tematiske kapitler om bl.a. udenrigspolitik, økonomisk udvikling, olieøkonomier og social forandring. Fjerde udgave fokuserer særligt på periodens store omvæltninger: Sovjetunionens kollaps, afslutningen på den kolde krig, Iraks invasion af Kuwait og Golfkrigen/Desert Storm samt nye dynamikker i den arabisk-israelske fredsproces. Bidragyderne analyserer både internationale relationer og indenrigspolitiske udviklinger, herunder forholdet mellem stat, religion og islamisk politisk diskurs, autoritære regimer, modernisering og krav om demokratisering. Bogen retter sig mod studerende og forskere i Middle East studies, statskundskab og internationale relationer samt læsere med særlig interesse for Mellemøsten, Nordafrika og global politik.
Type: Paperback