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Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Democratization and Government


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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.

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Altered States The Remaking of the Political in the Arab World

Altered States: The Remaking of the Political in the Arab World

1st Edition

Forthcoming

Edited By Sune Haugbolle, Mark LeVine
May 27, 2024

Building on Timothy Mitchell's seminal 1991 exploration of the "Limits of the State," this book brings together contributions on the state in the Arab world from the past and present in an edited volume. Altered States views the state less as a matter of people and institutions and more as sets of...

Conflicts in the Middle East and Africa State, Non-State Actors and Unheard Voices

Conflicts in the Middle East and Africa: State, Non-State Actors and Unheard Voices

1st Edition

Edited By Moosa Elayah, Bakeel Alzandani
March 21, 2024

This book explores the multifaceted dynamics between state and non-state actors in public policy during and after conflict in the Middle East and Africa. It offers case studies and policy-relevant ideas for conflict-affected areas to move forward in a more sustainable manner. Following the Arab ...

Secularism Confronts Islamism Divergent Paths of Transitional Negotiations in Egypt and Tunisia

Secularism Confronts Islamism: Divergent Paths of Transitional Negotiations in Egypt and Tunisia

1st Edition

By Mohammad Affan
September 25, 2023

This book provides in-depth examination of the recent confrontation between Islamists and secularists in Egypt and Tunisia. Presenting a new approach to understand Islamism and secularism, the research addresses the variables that could affect the outcome of transitional negotiations. The ...

Tunisia and Egypt after the Arab Spring Party Politics in Transitions from Authoritarian Rule

Tunisia and Egypt after the Arab Spring: Party Politics in Transitions from Authoritarian Rule

1st Edition

By Valeria Resta
September 22, 2023

This book examines the processes of transition from authoritarian rule in Tunisia and Egypt between 2011 and 2014, arguing that differences between the two countries can be explained by the conduct of their respective political parties. Drawing on a new conceptualization of political parties’ ...

Counter Revolutionary Egypt From the Midan to the Neighbourhood

Counter Revolutionary Egypt: From the Midan to the Neighbourhood

1st Edition

By Dina Wahba
September 19, 2023

Focusing on the 25 January 2011 Egyptian revolution, this book traces its affective and emotional dynamics into the local realties and everyday politics of the urban subaltern, exploring the impact of revolutionary participation on protestors' engagement in street politics. As well as ...

The Egyptian Army and the Muslim Brotherhood Contemporary Political Power Dynamics

The Egyptian Army and the Muslim Brotherhood: Contemporary Political Power Dynamics

1st Edition

By Sara Tonsy
May 31, 2023

This book provides an analysis of the relationship between the Egyptian army and the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). This is at times of cooperation, collaboration, rivalry, and enmity, offering a vivid perspective as to how the similarities of both political actors bring them together after decades of ...

The Tunisian Revolution and Democratic Transition The Role of al-Nahdah

The Tunisian Revolution and Democratic Transition: The Role of al-Nahdah

1st Edition

By Mohammad Dawood Sofi
May 31, 2023

Drawing on the history of post-independence Tunisia, the book studies the evolution of al-Nahḍah as a political party in Tunisia and its role in a protracted struggle to shape the post-authoritarian order along democratic lines. It explores al-Nahḍah's relationship with the Tunisian state...

The Role of the Military in the Arab Uprisings The Cases of Tunisia and Libya

The Role of the Military in the Arab Uprisings: The Cases of Tunisia and Libya

1st Edition

By Ali Sarihan
May 11, 2023

Focused on the 2010-2011 Arab Uprisings, this book examines the role of the military in Tunisia and Libya, arguing that both armies contributed decisively to the outcome and form of the respective uprisings. The book begins by contextualizing the uprisings, with both countries plagued by ...

Good Governance and Civil–Security Relations A Comparative Study of Turkey and Egypt

Good Governance and Civil–Security Relations: A Comparative Study of Turkey and Egypt

1st Edition

By Ahmed Abd Rabou
January 09, 2023

Developing the traditional civil-military relations approach to include security actors, the book compares the style of civil-security relations in both Egypt and Turkey. The volume comprehends the competition between civilian actors and military and security actors to impose control over the ...

Elites and Arab Politics New Perspectives on Popular Protest

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

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

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 ...

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