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6 produkter
752 kr
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Oil has been central to regime survival for oil states across the Arabian Peninsula and has been at the heart of their attempts to defuse the wave of Arab revolutions. However, in 2011 revolution hit Libya, the most oil dependent regime in the Middle East. The political storm winds that have swept this region have thrown into doubt the resilience of Arab rentier states, and highlight how the political effects of oil vary across the oil producing countries. Oil States in the New Middle East brings together leading experts to critically assess the centrality of oil and the relevance of Rentier State Theory in light of the post-2011 upheaval across the Middle East and North Africa. It combines overall reflections on the political dynamics in oil states with focused case investigations of individual countries. Taking as its starting point the centrality of oil in explanations of regime survival, the book analyses how the oil states have responded to and fared throughout the Arab popular upheavals, resulting in a critical assessment of the continued relevance of Rentier State Theory. While observers have asked how the uprisings varied between oil and non-oil states, this book turns the comparative focus inward, arguing for a more fine-grained understanding of the political effects of oil in different oil producing countries.This book would be of interest to students and scholars of Middle East, North Africa and Gulf Studies, Oil and Politics, as well as Comparative Politics and International Political Economy.
2 155 kr
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Oil has been central to regime survival for oil states across the Arabian Peninsula and has been at the heart of their attempts to defuse the wave of Arab revolutions. However, in 2011 revolution hit Libya, the most oil dependent regime in the Middle East. The political storm winds that have swept this region have thrown into doubt the resilience of Arab rentier states, and highlight how the political effects of oil vary across the oil producing countries. Oil States in the New Middle East brings together leading experts to critically assess the centrality of oil and the relevance of Rentier State Theory in light of the post-2011 upheaval across the Middle East and North Africa. It combines overall reflections on the political dynamics in oil states with focused case investigations of individual countries. Taking as its starting point the centrality of oil in explanations of regime survival, the book analyses how the oil states have responded to and fared throughout the Arab popular upheavals, resulting in a critical assessment of the continued relevance of Rentier State Theory. While observers have asked how the uprisings varied between oil and non-oil states, this book turns the comparative focus inward, arguing for a more fine-grained understanding of the political effects of oil in different oil producing countries.This book would be of interest to students and scholars of Middle East, North Africa and Gulf Studies, Oil and Politics, as well as Comparative Politics and International Political Economy.
Journalism in the Grey Zone
Pluralism and Media Capture in Lebanon and Tunisia
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
1 140 kr
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Explains the political role of journalism in Arab countries marked by pluralist and manipulated mediaOffers a fine-grained analysis of political journalism in Tunisia and LebanonBrings together political science and media and communication studies based on cases from the Arab region, drawing on literature in English, Arabic and FrenchIncludes a ground-breaking account of the 2019-2020 Lebanese protestsUtilises nearly 100 face-to-face interviews with journalists, politicians and activistsOffers stimulating insights for students of Middle Eastern media and politics, built on a framework that invites comparison with other regions around the worldLebanon and Tunisia are two of the freest countries in the Middle East and North Africa, but elites in both countries seek to manipulate media organisations and individual journalists to shore up support for themselves and attack opponents. This book explores the political role of journalism in these hybrid settings where democratic and authoritarian practices coexist a growing trend all over the world. Through interviews with journalists in different positions and analyses of key events in recent years, Journalism in the Grey Zone explains the tensions that media instrumentalisation creates in the news media and how journalists navigate conflicting pressures from powerholders and a marginalised populace. Despite 'capture' of the media by political and economic actors, journalism remains a powerful and occasionally disruptive force.
271 kr
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Lebanon and Tunisia are two of the freest countries in the Middle East and North Africa, but elites in both countries seek to manipulate media organisations and individual journalists to shore up support for themselves and attack opponents. This book explores the political role of journalism in these hybrid settings where democratic and authoritarian practices co-exist– a growing trend all over the world. Through interviews with journalists in different positions and analyses of key events in recent years, Journalism in the Grey Zone explains the tensions that media instrumentalisation creates in the news media and how journalists navigate conflicting pressures from powerholders and a marginalised populace. Despite ‘capture’ of the media by political and economic actors, journalism remains a powerful and occasionally disruptive force.
351 kr
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In this ground-breaking book, aimed at new generation of students, Stig Stenslie and Kjetil Selvik provide a new introduction to the contemporary Middle East, using topical questions about stability and change as a way of interrogating the politics, economics and history of the region. How have regimes from North Africa to the Gulf perpetuated themselves in spite of the weakness of the Western-style state, the Islamist trend, and the destabilising effects of war and terrorism? What strategies have states used to control their societies, and how have both states and societies adapted over time? Both an accessible reference resource and a thought-provoking analysis, Stability and Change in the Modern Middle East introduces the key theoretical concepts for understanding the region and the freshest thinking on debates surrounding them, and brings the empirical material in to sharp focus through its unique thematic approach.
127 kr
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Fyra år efter att det syriska upproret inleddes har 200 000 människor dödats och miljoner drivits på flykten. Varför ledde inte upproret till regimens fall? Vad betyder den regionala maktkampen för utsikterna till demokrati i Syrien? Hur ser vardagen ut för aktivister i städer som befriats ur regimens grepp? Varför blev staden Kobane en symbol för motståndet mot extremisterna i Islamiska staten? Kan landet resa sig ur spillrorna efter ett krig som skördat tiotusentals människoliv och gjort miljoner till flyktingar? Och vad kan omvärlden egentligen göra?Antologin Syrien: Revolutionen, makten och människorna ger nya perspektiv på en av vår tids värsta konflikter och den svåra kampen mot både diktaturen och mot religiösa extremister. De medverkande är journalister och forskare samt aktivister med rötterna i Syrien.Medverkande i boken: Joseph Daher, Razan Ghazzawi, Helena Gillinger, Bitte Hammargren, Aron Lund, Joakim Medin, Yasser Munif, Somar Al Naher, Niklas Orrenius och Kjetil Selvik. Redaktör: Per Björklund, författare till Arvet efter Mubarak: Egyptens kamp för frihet (Verbal, 2011).