Houses built on sand violence, sectarianism and revolution in the Middle East Mabon, Simon creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. xxk 2020 2020 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (xi, 254 pages) : file(s). The events of the Arab Uprisings posed an existential challenge to sovereign power across the Middle East. Whilst some regimes were able to withstand these challenges through recourse to coercive strategies, others were toppled. This book questions why some regimes fell whilst others were able to survive. It argues that this was a direct consequence of state building processes and the cultivation of particular relationships between rulers and ruled. One of the consequences of such efforts is the transformation of regional politics along increasingly 'sectarianized' lines to devastating effect. This book offers a timely and unique approach to linking the events of the Arab Uprisings and on-going conflict across the region through exploring the marginalization and manipulation of identities across the Middle East. Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The politics of sovereignty and space -- 2. Letters and declarations -- 3. Ink on paper -- 4. The dawla and the umma -- 5. Building Beirut, transforming Jerusalem and breaking Basra -- 6. The people want the fall of the regime -- 7. The regime fights back -- 8. Houses built on sand -- Conclusion: the end of the dream -- Selected bibliography -- Index. specialized Simon Mabon. Includes bibliographical references and index. In English. Political violence Middle East Arab Spring, 2010- Power (Social sciences) Middle East Middle East Politics and government 1979- Printemps arabe, 2010-2011 Moyen-Orient Politique et gouvernement 1979- POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern Political violence Politics and government Power (Social sciences) Middle East Arab Spring (2010-) fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9x3jQHjmqr4HwHTYX Since 1979 fast Political Science World Middle Eastern HN656.Z9 Houses built on sand Mabon, Simon. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2020 Identities and geopolitics in the Middle East 1526126478 9781526126481 1526126486 9781526126474 9781526126467 152612646X ManchesterUniversityPress10534 Ingram Content Group https://www.manchesteropenhive.com/view/9781526126474/9781526126474.xml SFB 210126 20250729213202.6 in00005653468 eng