State Formation and Identity in the Middle East and North Africa [Hardcover]

For states in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia, the Arab Spring has had different implications and consequences, stemming from the politics of identity and the historical and political processes that have shaped development. This book focuses on how these factors interact with globalization and affect state formation.Introduction: The state and Identity in MENA; Kenneth Christie and Mohammad Masad 1. State Formation, Religion and Ethnicity in the Middle East and North Africa: An Overview; Mohammad Masad and Kenneth Christie 2. Extra-Regional Interests, Authoritarian Elites and Dependent State Formation in the Arab World; Marion Boulby 3. The Interplay of Palestinian and Jordanian Identities in Re/making the State and Nation Formation in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Nur K?pr?l? 4. The Ikhwan Movement and its Role in Saudi Arabia's State Building; Sebastiano Andreotti 5. The Post-14/02/11 Bahrain: A State in the Remaking; Magdalena Karolak 6. Muslims and Christians in Egyptian State Formation: A New Beginning in 2011?; Sebastian Els?sser 7. Religion, Ethnicity, and State Formation in Algeria: 'The Berber' As a Category of Contestation; Lisa Watanabe 8. The Free Patriotic Movement and Hezbollah Political Entente: A Paradigm Shift in Lebanese Identity and State Formation?; Bouchra Bouyoub

To come

Kenneth Christie, Royal Roads University, CanadaMohammad Masad, Zayed University, United Arab EmiratesMarion Boulby, Trent University, CanadaNur K?pr?l?, Near East University, North CyprusSebastiano Andreotti , independent historian and geopolitical analystMagdalena Karolak, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaSebastian Els?sser, Christian-Albrechts-Universit?t Kiel, GermanyLisa Watanabe, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, SwitzerlandBouchra Bouyoub , City University London, UK