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Sectarianization : mapping the new politics of the Middle East /

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An anatomy of the increasing sectarianization of conflicts in the Middle East, by some of the leading scholars writing on the region.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hashemi, Nader, 1966- (Editor), Postel, Danny (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Middle East > Politics and government > 21st century.
Moyen-Orient > Politique et gouvernement > 21e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Advocacy.
Politics and government
Middle East
Politics & government.
Politics and Government.
2000-2099
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the sectarianization thesis / Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel.
  • part 1. Sectarianization in historical, geopolitical and theoretical perspective. The problem of sectarianism in the Middle East in an age of Western hegemony / Ussama Makdisi
  • The sectarianization of geopolitics in the Middle East / Bassel F. Salloukh
  • The Arab region at a tipping point : why sectarianism fails to explain the turmoil / Yezid Sayigh
  • A narrative identity approach to Islamic sectarianism / Adam Gaiser.
  • part 2. How sectarianization works : case studies. International politics, domestic imperatives, and identity mobilization : sectarianism in Pakistan, 1979-1998 / Vali Nasr
  • Sectarian relations before "sectarianization" in pre-2003 Iraq / Fanar Haddad
  • The shattered nation : the sectarianization of the Syrian conflict / Paulo Gabriel Hilu Pinto
  • Sectarianism as counter-revolution : Saudi responses to the Arab Spring / Madawi Al-Rasheed
  • Strategic depth, counterinsurgency, and the logic of sectarianization : the Islamic Republic of Iran's security doctrine and its regional implications / Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi
  • Sectarianization, Islamist republicanism, and international misrecognition in Yemen / Stacey Philbrick Yadav
  • Sectarianization as securitization : identity politics and counter-revolution in Bahrain / Toby Matthiesen
  • The architecture of sectarianizatiaon in Lebanon / Bassel F. Salloukh
  • Sectarianism, authoritarianism, and opposition in Kuwait / Madeleine Wells
  • Conclusion : peacebuilding in sectarianized conflicts : findings and implications for theory and practice / Timothy D. Sisk.