Urban Unrest in the Middle East

Guilain Denoeux is Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at Colby College.

"Denoeux situates his discussion in a comparative historical context. The focus on informal networks is especially useful as a strategy for doing the comparative politics of Islamic fundamentalism." — Edmund Burke, III, University of California, Santa Cruz"The author's comparisons are extremely insightful and bring new explanations for urban violence and instability, as well as leading to a better understanding of informal networks per se. His book also leads to a better understanding of the impact of 'urbanization' on the population, particularly related to Islam and to rapid urbanization. Hence the role of Islamic groups—and of Islam—is put into better perspective by his work." — Michael E. Bonine, University of Arizona

• Figures Acknowledgment Note on Transliteration Introduction Part I. Theoretical and Comparative Issues 1. Informal Networks and Political Stability: Old and New Perspectives 2. Urban Networks as Destabilizing Forces Part II. Informal Networks in the Traditional Middle Eastern Urban Political Economy 3. Informal Networks as Integrative Force and Medium of Government in the Historic Middle Eastern City 4. Networks as Vehicles for Political Protest in the Historic Middle Eastern City 5. Urban Networks, ca. 1800-ca. 1940: Contrasting Egypt and Iran 6. The Politics of Informal Networks in the Historic Middle Eastern City: Concluding Observations 7. The Politics of Informal Networks and Loyalties in the Making of Modern-Day Lebanon Part III. Informal Networks and Urban Unrest: Evidence From Egypt, Iran, and Lebanon since the 1940s 8. The Changing Organizational Bases of Urban Unrest in the Middle East since World War II: An Overview, with Special Reference to Egypt, Iran, and Lebanon 9. Patron-Client Networks and Urban Unrest in Iran, Lebanon, and Egypt 10. Occupational Networks and Political Conflict: The Iranian Bazaar 11. Religious Networks and Urban Unrest Conclusion Notes Appendix: Data on Urban Growth in the Middle East Bibliography Index