Middle East in Transition

Edited by Nils A. Butenschøn, Professor, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, Norway and Roel Meijer, Associate Professor, Radboud University, Faculty of Religion, Theology and Religious Studies, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

'Citizenship is the vital missing link between rulers and ruled in the Middle East. Precisely because it has been inadequately developed in the region's constitutions, laws and practices, it has been afforded insufficient scholarly attention. This volume brilliantly addresses that deficiency by contextualizing Middle Eastern citizenship theoretically, historically, in contemporary socio-political and religious settings across the region, and as regards the Middle East's relationships with external actors. One of its general findings is that never having been adequately established, citizenship in the Middle East has come under renewed threat in the wake of the Arab uprisings of 2011. This impressive work merits wide readership.'--Robert Springborg, the Italian Institute of International Affairs, Italy'This timely book makes a strong case for how our analyses of such critical issues as political Islam, the impact of neoliberalism, and authoritarian resilience may be significantly enhanced through a careful focus on the changing definitions, roles and practices of citizenship in the Middle East. Whether wrested as the result of struggles from below or decreed from above, the forms of inclusion and exclusion explored in this welcome addition to the literature will continue to define critical aspects of the region's socio-economic and political trajectories for the foreseeable future.'--Laurie A. Brand, University of Southern California, US'This collection of chapters on changes in the post-Arab Spring is not just another book on the transformative forces unleashed since 2011. Butenschon and Meijer need to be commended for bringing together convincing arguments about the centrality of citizenship in understanding these changes, and the concerns and the struggles of the people in the Middle East. This is a powerful, analytically groundbreaking, and vast collection of works in a constantly evolving field of study.'--James N. Sater, American University of Sharjah, UAE

• Contents: Part I Local Contested citizenship1. Israeli Ethnocracy and the Israel-Palestine Citizenship Complex Nils A. Butenschøn2. Remapping Citizenship in Turkey: Law, Identity, and Civic Virtue, 1980-2014 Basak Ince3. Bringing about the Non-Citizen in Iraq: A Genealogical Approach Mariwan Kanie4. Claiming Spaces for Acts of Citizenship: Recent Experiences of Activists in Morocco Sylvia I. Bergh and Salima Ahmadou5. Enduring “Contested” Citizenship in the Gulf Cooperation Council Zahra Babar6. Bahrain’s Citizenship Policy of Inclusion and ExclusionZeineb Alsabeehg7. Citizenship in the 2014 Egyptian Constitution Nathalie Bernard-MaugironPart II Islam and the issue of citizenship8. The Political, Politics, and Political Citizenship in Modern Islam Roel Meijer9. Can the Umma Replace the Nation? Salafism and Deterritorialized Citizenship in Lebanon and Kuwait Zoltan Pall10. Iran’s Hizbollah and Citizenship Politics: The Surprises of Religious Legislation in a Hybrid Regime Shirin SaeidiPART III International dimensions of citizenship rights 11. The EU and Its Southern Neighbors: A Fuzzy Model of Citizenship Promotion? Ruth Hanau Santini12. Citizenship and Migration Diplomacy: Turkey and the EU Peter Seeberg13. Syrian Refugees and Citizenship Lillian C. Frost and Musa M. Shteiw14. After the Arab Spring: Towards Women’s Economic Citizenship Valentine M. MoghadamIndex