Making sense of the Arab state

• Titel: Making sense of the Arab state
• Mitwirkende: Heydemann, Steven [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Lynch, Marc [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: Steven Heydemann and Marc Lynch, editors
• Verlagsort: Ann Arbor
• Verlag: University of Michigan Press
• Jahr: 2024
• Umfang: vi, 298 Seiten
• Fussnoten: Register: Seite 285-298
• ISBN: 978-0-472-07698-7
• ISBN: 978-0-472-05698-9
• Schlagwörter: (s)Politisches System / (s)Politischer Wandel / (s)Internationales politisches System / (s)Position / (s)Kollektive Sicherheit / (s)Politischer Prozess / (s)Regionalentwicklung
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Making sense of the Arab state. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2024. - 1 Online-Ressource (vi, 298 Seiten)
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Making sense of the Arab state. - [S.l.] : UNIV OF MICHIGAN PRESS, 2024. - 1 Online-Ressource
• Geograph. SW: États arabes - Politique et gouvernement - 1945-
• Geograph. SW: États arabes - Relations extérieures
• K10plus-PPN: 1885953607

Abstract

"No region in the world has been more hostile to democracy, more dominated by military and security institutions, or weaker on economic development and inclusive governance than the Middle East. Why have Arab states been so oppressively strong in some areas but so devastatingly weak in others? How do those patterns affect politics, economics, and society across the region? The state stands at the center of the analysis of politics in the Middle East, but has rarely been the primary focus of systematic theoretical analysis. Making Sense of the Arab State brings together top scholars from diverse theoretical orientations to address some of the most critically important questions facing the region today. The authors grapple with enduring questions such as the uneven development of state capacity, the failures of developmentalism and governance, the centrality of regime security and survival concerns, the excesses of surveillance and control, and the increasing personalization of power. Making Sense of the Arab State will be a must-read for scholars of the Middle East and of comparative politics more broadly."--