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Revealing Reveiling
Islamist Gender Ideology in Contemporary Egypt
AvSherifa Zuhur
Häftad, Engelska, 1992
449 kr
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Explores the history of Muslim women and debates over gender, which have developed since the golden age of Islam.In modern Egypt, the pace of Islamic resurgence has increased as in other Muslim societies. Throughout the twentieth century, Egyptian women have fought fiercely for political participation and for legal and educational reform to improve their status. To many of them, the adoption of a new form of the veil seemed retrogressive and ominous. This book explores the history of Muslim women and the debates over gender, which have developed since the golden age of Islam. It considers the opinions, goals, and ideals of fifty Egyptian women, veiled and unveiled, and compares their views to the gender ideology of the contemporary Islamists. Women's social backgrounds are examined in the context of the Egyptian state and its social policies.
Arab Women Novelists
The Formative Years and Beyond
AvJoseph T. Zeidan
Häftad, Engelska, 1995
549 kr
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This book assesses the contribution of women to the Arabic novel, both in subject matter and form. It begins by tracing the struggle over women's rights in the Arab world, particularly the gradual improvement in women's access to education-the first area in which women made significant gains. Subsequent chapters discuss Arab women writers' remarkable talents and determination to overcome the barriers of a male-dominated culture; survey the 1950s and 1960s, during which women's writing gained momentum and more women writers emerged; and address the shift in emphasis and attitude that women's literature underwent in the late 1960s, especially following the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, when women novelists began to place more stress on international politics.Zeidan adapts Western-based feminist literary theory to a discussion of Arab women's literature but refrains from imposing that theory inappropriately on literature whose context differs significantly. He compares the women's movements in Arab and Western cultures and the development of women's literature in those cultures, and uses these comparisons to highlight similarities and differences between them as well as to consider how one affected the other. His analysis culminates in the early 1980s-the end of the formative years-when women's writing had become a familiar part of Arabic literature in general and a positive reflection on the collective Arab consciousness.
Before Revelation
The Boundaries of Muslim Moral Thought
AvA. Kevin Reinhart
Häftad, Engelska, 1995
389 kr
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Studies the development of Muslim jurisprudential and theological thought by analyzing the dispute that raged from the ninth to the nineteenth century over the assessment of acts that took place before the Qur'anic Revelation.Before Revelation studies the development of Muslim jurisprudential and theological thought as expressed in the extensive dispute over the assessment of acts that took place before the arrival of Revelation.Between the ninth and nineteenth centuries Muslims debated, often fiercely, the question, "What is the value of an act—moving from place to place, breathing, or eating a tasty food, for instance—before Revelation arrives?" That is, Muslims, whose existence as Muslims derived from the Qur'anic Revelation, debated whether acts could be called "good," or "reprehensible," before the Qur'an. This book analyzes that prolonged debate from a History of Religions perspective, using sources from the Muslim sciences of jurisprudential theory (usal-fiqh) and theology (kalam).
Al-Mughtaribūn
American Law and the Transformation of Muslim Life in the United States
AvKathleen M. Moore
Häftad, Engelska, 1995
413 kr
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Examines the influence of American law on Muslim life in the United States, treating such issues as pluralism and religious toleration, immigration and naturalization, civil rights, Black Muslims and the prisoners' rights movement, municipal zoning, and hate-crimes legislation.Al-Mughtaribun explores the influence of American law on Muslim life in the United States. It examines pluralism and religious toleration in America, viewed from the vantage point offered by the experiences of Muslims in the United States, a significant and growing part of an increasingly pluralistic society. By tracing the historical shift in the consciousness of American Muslims, precipitated by their interactions with the legal institutions of the dominant culture, Moore demonstrates the transformative impact of law on a minority community seeking religious toleration. She treats issues of immigration and naturalization, civil rights, Black Muslims and the prisoners' rights movement, municipal zoning, and hate crimes legislation.
All in the Family
Absolutism, Revolution, and Democracy in Middle Eastern Monarchies
AvMichael Herb
Inbunden, Engelska, 1999
1 246 kr
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A new and provocative argument about monarchism in the Middle East.Michael Herb proposes a new paradigm for understanding politics in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. He critiques the theory of the rentier state and argues that we must put political institutions-and specifically monarchism-at the center of any explanation of Gulf politics. All in the Family provides a compelling and fresh analysis of the importance of monarchism in the region, and points out the crucial role of the ruling families in creating monarchal regimes. It addresses the issue of democratization in the Middle Eastern monarchies, arguing that the prospects for the gradual emergence of constitutional monarchy are better than is often thought.
All in the Family
Absolutism, Revolution, and Democracy in Middle Eastern Monarchies
AvMichael Herb
Häftad, Engelska, 1999
472 kr
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A new and provocative argument about monarchism in the Middle East.Michael Herb proposes a new paradigm for understanding politics in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. He critiques the theory of the rentier state and argues that we must put political institutions-and specifically monarchism-at the center of any explanation of Gulf politics. All in the Family provides a compelling and fresh analysis of the importance of monarchism in the region, and points out the crucial role of the ruling families in creating monarchal regimes. It addresses the issue of democratization in the Middle Eastern monarchies, arguing that the prospects for the gradual emergence of constitutional monarchy are better than is often thought.
Experimental Arabic Novel
Postcolonial Literary Modernism in the Levant
AvStefan G. Meyer
Häftad, Engelska, 2000
466 kr
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Traces the development of the modern Arabic novel from the 1960s to the present.The Experimental Arabic Novel places the modern and contemporary Arabic novel in the context of the modernist-postmodern culture debate in the West. Tracing the development of experimentalism in the modern Arabic novel from the 1960s to the present, Meyer argues that it is possible to speak of distinct literary modernisms that have each evolved with a different set of characteristics, depending upon the nature of their historical antecedents. This approach to postcolonial literature offers a way to compare and contrast it meaningfully with Western literature without relying on inherently Western literary models.
Social Constructions of Nationalism in the Middle East
AvFatma Muge Gocek
Häftad, Engelska, 2002
449 kr
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A comparative analysis of the social and cultural dimensions of nationalism in the Middle East.While Middle Eastern nationalism is most often examined from the political viewpoint, this book adds a fresh perspective by exploring the social and cultural dimensions. Although most scholars agree that nationalism is the most significant social and political phenomenon of the twentieth century, shaping individuals, societies, and states throughout the world, they often dispute the complex elements that form and transform it. This book provides a rare comparative analysis of the meaning systems created around nationalism in societies, groups, and the lives of individuals, and proves that these systems are, in fact, as significant in sustaining nationalism as the dominant political form of nation-states. Concentrating on three themes-narrative, gender, and cultural representation-the contributors address how nationalism transforms and is transformed by the lives of individuals and groups from the eighteenth century to the present, with examples ranging from Turkey to Egypt to Iranian immigrants in the United States.
Kurdish Notables and the Ottoman State
Evolving Identities, Competing Loyalties, and Shifting Boundaries
AvHakan Özogálu
Inbunden, Engelska, 2004
1 283 kr
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Examines early Kurdish nationalism within the context of the demise of the Ottoman Empire.Kurdish nationalism remains one of the most critical and explosive problems of the Middle East. Despite its importance, the topic remains on the margins of Middle East Studies. Bringing the study of Kurdish nationalism into the mainstream of Middle East scholarship, Hakan Özogálu examines the issue in the context of the Ottoman Empire. Using a wealth of primary sources, including Ottoman and British archives, Ottoman Parliamentary minutes, memoirs, and interviews, he focuses on revealing the social, political, and historical forces behind the emergence and development of Kurdish nationalism. Contrary to the assumption that nationalist movements contribute to the collapse of empires, the book argues that Kurdish leaders remained loyal to the Ottoman state, and only after it became certain that the empire would not recover did Kurdish nationalism emerge and clash with the Kemalist brand of Turkish nationalism.
Islam and the Search for Social Order in Modern Egypt
A Biography of Muhammad Husayn Haykal
AvCharles D. Smith
Häftad, Engelska, 1984
643 kr
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How did modern Egypt seek to reconcile Islam, political change, and the demands of social development?Islam and the Search for Social Order in Modern Egypt examines the intellectual and political career of Muhammad Husayn Haykal, one of the leading Egyptian intellectuals and politicians of the first half of the twentieth century. In tracing Haykal’s intellectual development, Charles D. Smith places his ideas within the broader cultural, political, and social transformations that shaped modern Egypt.Drawing on extensive Arabic-language sources, Smith follows Haykal's efforts to reconcile Islamic thought with the demands of political and social modernization. Haykal's writings and political activities reveal the difficulties confronting a generation of Egyptian intellectuals who sought to formulate an ideology of national development while negotiating the competing claims of Islam, nationalism, liberalism, and modernity.The book is both an intellectual biography and a study of the political and cultural history of Egypt before the 1952 revolution. Haykal's eventual failure to achieve his political and intellectual objectives provides a revealing perspective on the weaknesses of the old political order and the forces that contributed to its collapse.By examining the question of Islam and social development through the experience of a major Egyptian thinker, Smith illuminates issues that extend well beyond Haykal himself. The study offers an important framework for understanding the formation of modern Egyptian political thought and the continuing debate over the relationship between traditional culture, social change, and political authority.
Ottoman Empire and the World Economy
The Nineteenth Century
AvResat Kasaba
Häftad, Engelska, 1988
454 kr
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The Ottoman Empire is approahced through analysis of its political economy based on world systems theory. Relations with Europe constituted one of the key factors that shaped the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. Yet a comprehensive account of the nature, development, and consequences of these realtions has, until now, never been developed. This book moves beyond the narrow framework of Euro-Ottoman relations, and places Europe at the center of the expanding world economy as it examines the impact of this global system on the Ottoman Empire. Its main contention is that the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire was the culmination of a long term process whereby the Ottoman territories became integral parts of the European-centered world economy, and Ottoman state a subordinate member of the interstate system. In addition to the broad processes eminating from outside, the author focuses on the transformation of the political, economic, and social structures in the Ottoman Empire. The changes in processes of production, networks of trade, and relations among various social groups are described on the basis of archival material on western Anatolia.Considering world affairs and Ottoman developments simultaneously makes this work unique in its field. This approach captures the transformation of the Ottoman Empire during the nineteenth century in all its complexity. In addition to providing original information about western Anatolia, the books also offers a general model for combining the macro concerns of historical sociology with detailed research in social history.
Syria
Society, Culture, and Polity
AvRichard T. Antoun,Donald Quataert
Inbunden, Engelska, 1991
1 108 kr
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This book provides a multi-disciplinary understanding of the processes of change in contemporary Syria as well as its historical, social, and cultural underpinnings. A number of distinguished anthropologists, historians, political scientists, and literateurs examine key issues such as the changing Syrian family, political factionalism, the sedentarization of nomads, bureaucratic corruption, rural-urban migration, the development of the Ba'th Party, Syria's political isolation, religious resurgence, and the continued importance of sects in Syrian life. This book strikes a balance between examining the consequences of Syria's geographical and strategic position in international politics and the implications of its internal and highly complex ethnic and class structure and culture. It argues that the religious culture of Syria is as important as the leadership of Asad and, more generally, that an understanding of Syrian politics must be matched by an understanding of Syrian society and culture.
Syria
Society, Culture, and Polity
AvRichard T. Antoun,Donald Quataert
Häftad, Engelska, 1991
395 kr
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This book provides a multi-disciplinary understanding of the processes of change in contemporary Syria as well as its historical, social, and cultural underpinnings. A number of distinguished anthropologists, historians, political scientists, and literateurs examine key issues such as the changing Syrian family, political factionalism, the sedentarization of nomads, bureaucratic corruption, rural-urban migration, the development of the Ba'th Party, Syria's political isolation, religious resurgence, and the continued importance of sects in Syrian life. This book strikes a balance between examining the consequences of Syria's geographical and strategic position in international politics and the implications of its internal and highly complex ethnic and class structure and culture. It argues that the religious culture of Syria is as important as the leadership of Asad and, more generally, that an understanding of Syrian politics must be matched by an understanding of Syrian society and culture.
Muslim Communities in North America
AvYvonne Yazbeck Haddad,Jane Idleman Smith
Inbunden, Engelska, 1994
1 076 kr
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This book provides the first in-depth look at Muslim life and institutions forming in North America. It considers the range of Islamic life in North America with its different racial-ethnic and cultural identities, customs, and religious orientations. Issues of acculturation, ethnicity, orthodoxy, and the changing roles of women are brought into focus.The authors provide insight into the lives of recent immigrants who are asking what is Islamically appropriate in a non-Muslim environment. Contrasts are drawn between Sunni and Shi'i groups, and attention is given to the activities of some Sufi organizations.The growing Islamic community among African-American Muslims is examined, including the followers of Warith Deen Muhammad and the sectarians identified with black power, such as the Nation of Islam, Darul Islam, and the Five Percenters.The authors document the challenge and issues which American Muslims face, such as pressure from overseas Muslims; dress and education; the influence of Islamic revivalism on the development of the community in this country; and the maintenance of Muslim identity amidst the pressures for assimilation.
Muslim Communities in North America
AvYvonne Yazbeck Haddad,Jane Idleman Smith
Häftad, Engelska, 1994
444 kr
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This book provides the first in-depth look at Muslim life and institutions forming in North America. It considers the range of Islamic life in North America with its different racial-ethnic and cultural identities, customs, and religious orientations. Issues of acculturation, ethnicity, orthodoxy, and the changing roles of women are brought into focus.The authors provide insight into the lives of recent immigrants who are asking what is Islamically appropriate in a non-Muslim environment. Contrasts are drawn between Sunni and Shi'i groups, and attention is given to the activities of some Sufi organizations.The growing Islamic community among African-American Muslims is examined, including the followers of Warith Deen Muhammad and the sectarians identified with black power, such as the Nation of Islam, Darul Islam, and the Five Percenters.The authors document the challenge and issues which American Muslims face, such as pressure from overseas Muslims; dress and education; the influence of Islamic revivalism on the development of the community in this country; and the maintenance of Muslim identity amidst the pressures for assimilation.
Metaphysics as Rhetoric
Alfarabi's Summary of Plato's "Laws"
AvJoshua Parens
Inbunden, Engelska, 1995
1 076 kr
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Parens argues that Alfarabi, the tenth-century Muslim philosopher, demonstrated that Plato is not the originator of Western metaphysics, and that what appears to be Plato's metaphysics was intended as a rhetorical defense of his politics.The most widely accepted view in the West today, particularly among postmodernists, is that Plato attempted to ground politics on a rational metaphysics and initiated the tradition of foundationalism that has given rise to systems of oppression ranging from racism, sexism, and ethnocentrism to the technological mastery of the earth. Metaphysics as Rhetoric controverts this view, arguing that Plato was not the originator of this metaphysical tradition. Using as a basis the tenth-century Muslim philosopher Alfarabi's interpretation of Plato, especially his Summary of Plato's "Laws", Parens shows that what appears to be Plato's metaphysics was intended as a rhetorical defense of his politics. Parens demonstrates that rather than seek to establish politics on the definitive metaphysical ground, Alfarabi's Plato analyzes politics on its own terms, phenomenologically.
Metaphysics as Rhetoric
Alfarabi's Summary of Plato's "Laws"
AvJoshua Parens
Häftad, Engelska, 1995
382 kr
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Parens argues that Alfarabi, the tenth-century Muslim philosopher, demonstrated that Plato is not the originator of Western metaphysics, and that what appears to be Plato's metaphysics was intended as a rhetorical defense of his politics.The most widely accepted view in the West today, particularly among postmodernists, is that Plato attempted to ground politics on a rational metaphysics and initiated the tradition of foundationalism that has given rise to systems of oppression ranging from racism, sexism, and ethnocentrism to the technological mastery of the earth. Metaphysics as Rhetoric controverts this view, arguing that Plato was not the originator of this metaphysical tradition. Using as a basis the tenth-century Muslim philosopher Alfarabi's interpretation of Plato, especially his Summary of Plato's "Laws", Parens shows that what appears to be Plato's metaphysics was intended as a rhetorical defense of his politics. Parens demonstrates that rather than seek to establish politics on the definitive metaphysical ground, Alfarabi's Plato analyzes politics on its own terms, phenomenologically.
Experimental Arabic Novel
Postcolonial Literary Modernism in the Levant
AvStefan G. Meyer
Inbunden, Engelska, 2000
1 061 kr
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Traces the development of the modern Arabic novel from the 1960s to the present.The Experimental Arabic Novel places the modern and contemporary Arabic novel in the context of the modernist-postmodern culture debate in the West. Tracing the development of experimentalism in the modern Arabic novel from the 1960s to the present, Meyer argues that it is possible to speak of distinct literary modernisms that have each evolved with a different set of characteristics, depending upon the nature of their historical antecedents. This approach to postcolonial literature offers a way to compare and contrast it meaningfully with Western literature without relying on inherently Western literary models.
Management of Islamic Activism
Salafis, the Muslim Brotherhood, and State Power in Jordan
AvQuintan Wiktorowicz
Inbunden, Engelska, 2000
1 076 kr
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Shows how the laws governing civil society are used to regulate Islamic activism in Jordan.The Management of Islamic Activism examines the relationship between the changing nature of state power and patterns of Islamic activism in Jordan. Using extensive fieldwork, the author demonstrates how regimes continue to constrain the organization of Islamic opposition even after the advent of political liberalization. In the case of the Jordanian regime, control has been maintained through the "management of collective action"-the regulation of opposition through a complex array of bureaucratic and legal mechanisms. More specifically, laws governing civil society organizations are manipulated to encourage the formation of moderate Islamic groups while disempowering more radical activists. As a result, the radical activists have formed informal social networks that operate outside the state's control. Composed of like-minded Islamists, these networks evade attempts to manage Islamic activism through a loose web of personal relationships, small group interactions, and informal meetings. A comparison of the Salafis and the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan demonstrates how state management strategies shape these patterns of social movement mobilization.
Management of Islamic Activism
Salafis, the Muslim Brotherhood, and State Power in Jordan
AvQuintan Wiktorowicz
Häftad, Engelska, 2000
389 kr
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Shows how the laws governing civil society are used to regulate Islamic activism in Jordan.The Management of Islamic Activism examines the relationship between the changing nature of state power and patterns of Islamic activism in Jordan. Using extensive fieldwork, the author demonstrates how regimes continue to constrain the organization of Islamic opposition even after the advent of political liberalization. In the case of the Jordanian regime, control has been maintained through the "management of collective action"-the regulation of opposition through a complex array of bureaucratic and legal mechanisms. More specifically, laws governing civil society organizations are manipulated to encourage the formation of moderate Islamic groups while disempowering more radical activists. As a result, the radical activists have formed informal social networks that operate outside the state's control. Composed of like-minded Islamists, these networks evade attempts to manage Islamic activism through a loose web of personal relationships, small group interactions, and informal meetings. A comparison of the Salafis and the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan demonstrates how state management strategies shape these patterns of social movement mobilization.
Constitutions in a Nonconstitutional World
Arab Basic Laws and the Prospects for Accountable Government
AvNathan J. Brown
Inbunden, Engelska, 2001
1 076 kr
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Uses the Arab experience to explain the appeal of constitutional documents to authoritarian political regimes.The collapse of authoritarian regimes and the global resurgence of liberal democracy has led to a renewed interest in constitutions and constitutionalism among scholars and political activists alike. This book uses the Arab experience to explain the appeal of constitutional documents to authoritarian regimes and assesses the degree to which such constitutions can be used in the effort to make the regimes more accountable.
Constitutions in a Nonconstitutional World
Arab Basic Laws and the Prospects for Accountable Government
AvNathan J. Brown
Häftad, Engelska, 2001
389 kr
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Uses the Arab experience to explain the appeal of constitutional documents to authoritarian political regimes.The collapse of authoritarian regimes and the global resurgence of liberal democracy has led to a renewed interest in constitutions and constitutionalism among scholars and political activists alike. This book uses the Arab experience to explain the appeal of constitutional documents to authoritarian regimes and assesses the degree to which such constitutions can be used in the effort to make the regimes more accountable.
Social Constructions of Nationalism in the Middle East
AvFatma Muge Gocek
Inbunden, Engelska, 2002
1 087 kr
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A comparative analysis of the social and cultural dimensions of nationalism in the Middle East.While Middle Eastern nationalism is most often examined from the political viewpoint, this book adds a fresh perspective by exploring the social and cultural dimensions. Although most scholars agree that nationalism is the most significant social and political phenomenon of the twentieth century, shaping individuals, societies, and states throughout the world, they often dispute the complex elements that form and transform it. This book provides a rare comparative analysis of the meaning systems created around nationalism in societies, groups, and the lives of individuals, and proves that these systems are, in fact, as significant in sustaining nationalism as the dominant political form of nation-states. Concentrating on three themes-narrative, gender, and cultural representation-the contributors address how nationalism transforms and is transformed by the lives of individuals and groups from the eighteenth century to the present, with examples ranging from Turkey to Egypt to Iranian immigrants in the United States.
Kurdish Notables and the Ottoman State
Evolving Identities, Competing Loyalties, and Shifting Boundaries
AvHakan Özogálu
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
401 kr
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Examines early Kurdish nationalism within the context of the demise of the Ottoman Empire.Kurdish nationalism remains one of the most critical and explosive problems of the Middle East. Despite its importance, the topic remains on the margins of Middle East Studies. Bringing the study of Kurdish nationalism into the mainstream of Middle East scholarship, Hakan Özogálu examines the issue in the context of the Ottoman Empire. Using a wealth of primary sources, including Ottoman and British archives, Ottoman Parliamentary minutes, memoirs, and interviews, he focuses on revealing the social, political, and historical forces behind the emergence and development of Kurdish nationalism. Contrary to the assumption that nationalist movements contribute to the collapse of empires, the book argues that Kurdish leaders remained loyal to the Ottoman state, and only after it became certain that the empire would not recover did Kurdish nationalism emerge and clash with the Kemalist brand of Turkish nationalism.
Institutions and the Politics of Survival in Jordan
Domestic Responses to External Challenges, 1988-2001
AvRussell E. Lucas
Inbunden, Engelska, 2005
1 076 kr
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Explains how the Jordanian monarchy has survived economic crisis and regional political instability.Weaving together accounts of historical developments, cultural elements, economic factors, and regional and international dynamics, Russell E. Lucas explores how the monarchy in Jordan survived economic crisis and regional political instability during the 1990s. Lucas analyzes the factors behind the successful liberalization and deliberalization of laws regulating political parties, the parliament, and the press that helped preserve the monarchy. These institutional survival strategies co-opted the opposition, kept it divided, and reinforced the unity of the regime's coalition of supporters. The author also compares survival strategies in Jordan with those of Morocco, Kuwait, Iran, and Egypt to explain the surprising durability of authoritarian regimes in the Middle East.
Institutions and the Politics of Survival in Jordan
Domestic Responses to External Challenges, 1988-2001
AvRussell E. Lucas
Häftad, Engelska, 2006
401 kr
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Explains how the Jordanian monarchy has survived economic crisis and regional political instability.Weaving together accounts of historical developments, cultural elements, economic factors, and regional and international dynamics, Russell E. Lucas explores how the monarchy in Jordan survived economic crisis and regional political instability during the 1990s. Lucas analyzes the factors behind the successful liberalization and deliberalization of laws regulating political parties, the parliament, and the press that helped preserve the monarchy. These institutional survival strategies co-opted the opposition, kept it divided, and reinforced the unity of the regime's coalition of supporters. The author also compares survival strategies in Jordan with those of Morocco, Kuwait, Iran, and Egypt to explain the surprising durability of authoritarian regimes in the Middle East.
Islam and the Search for Social Order in Modern Egypt
A Biography of Muhammad Husayn Haykal
AvCharles D. Smith
Inbunden, Engelska, 1984
1 146 kr
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How did modern Egypt seek to reconcile Islam, political change, and the demands of social development?Islam and the Search for Social Order in Modern Egypt examines the intellectual and political career of Muhammad Husayn Haykal, one of the leading Egyptian intellectuals and politicians of the first half of the twentieth century. In tracing Haykal’s intellectual development, Charles D. Smith places his ideas within the broader cultural, political, and social transformations that shaped modern Egypt.Drawing on extensive Arabic-language sources, Smith follows Haykal's efforts to reconcile Islamic thought with the demands of political and social modernization. Haykal's writings and political activities reveal the difficulties confronting a generation of Egyptian intellectuals who sought to formulate an ideology of national development while negotiating the competing claims of Islam, nationalism, liberalism, and modernity.The book is both an intellectual biography and a study of the political and cultural history of Egypt before the 1952 revolution. Haykal's eventual failure to achieve his political and intellectual objectives provides a revealing perspective on the weaknesses of the old political order and the forces that contributed to its collapse.By examining the question of Islam and social development through the experience of a major Egyptian thinker, Smith illuminates issues that extend well beyond Haykal himself. The study offers an important framework for understanding the formation of modern Egyptian political thought and the continuing debate over the relationship between traditional culture, social change, and political authority.
Culture and Context in Sudan
The Process of Market Incorporation in Dar Masalit
AvDennis Tully
Häftad, Engelska, 1988
410 kr
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This book illustrates that external factors, especially international political processes interacting with large-scale ecological and demographic changes, are the primary cause of problems experienced by the Masalit and other people in the Third World. The Masalit are Muslim farmers formerly independent as part of the sultanate of Dar Fur. Tully examines the local processes by which the Masalit became economically, politically, and culturally incorporated into the Sudan, and thus into a nexus of global forces.Culture and Context in Sudan clarifies the complicated macro-micro linkages responsible for the continuing environmental degradation, increasing inequality, and cultural assimilation that is so detrimental to the people of Dar Masalit. The author analyzes new data as well as previously-existing information to demonstrate the multi-level process of change and how it determines individual choices.

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SUNY series in Middle Eastern Studies – serie

Revealing Reveiling

Arab Women Novelists

Before Revelation

Al-Mughtaribūn

All in the Family

All in the Family

Experimental Arabic Novel

Social Constructions of Nationalism in the Middle East

Kurdish Notables and the Ottoman State

Islam and the Search for Social Order in Modern Egypt

Ottoman Empire and the World Economy

Syria

Syria

Muslim Communities in North America

Muslim Communities in North America

Metaphysics as Rhetoric

Metaphysics as Rhetoric

Experimental Arabic Novel

Management of Islamic Activism

Management of Islamic Activism

Constitutions in a Nonconstitutional World

Constitutions in a Nonconstitutional World

Social Constructions of Nationalism in the Middle East

Kurdish Notables and the Ottoman State

Institutions and the Politics of Survival in Jordan

Institutions and the Politics of Survival in Jordan

Islam and the Search for Social Order in Modern Egypt

Culture and Context in Sudan

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