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The Levant in turmoil : Syria, Palestine, and the transformation of Middle Eastern politics

Title

The Levant in turmoil : Syria, Palestine, and the transformation of Middle Eastern politics / edited by Martin Beck, Dietrich Jung, and Peter Seeberg.

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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
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Description

vi, 226 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

"Since the early weeks of the so-called Arab Spring, high hopes for democratic, social, and political change in the Middle East have been met with varying degrees of frustration. Particularly in the subregion of the Levant, regional uprisings have turned to violent conflict in places such as Syria, Iraq, and the Gaza Strip. In Syria, popular unrest has caused one of the most brutal civil wars the region ever has witnessed and enormous human suffering, yet the international community has shown an appalling inability to act. The Syrian people have become the pawn in a complex setting of brutal regime repression, militia warfare, and the diverging interests of regional states and international great powers. Taking the war in Syria as its central point of reference, this book raises the question of whether the developments in the Levant might lead not only to processes of regime change, but also to a fundamental alteration of its entire state system"--
""In light of the ongoing Syrian civil war, the advancement of the "Islamic State" (IS) in both Syria and Iraq, and the intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict, this book raises the question of whether the developments in the Levant might lead not only to regime change, but to a fundamental alteration of its entire state system"--Provided by the publisher"--

Series Statement

The modern Muslim world

Uniform Title

Modern Muslim world.

Subject

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Political Turmoil and Social Transformation in the Levant / Martin Beck, Dietrich Jung, and Peter Seeberg -- Syria's Civil War and the Reconfiguration of Regional Politics / Fred H. Lawson -- Deadly Implications: The Rise of Sectarianism in Syria / Peter Sluglett -- Conflict, Governance, and Decentralized Authority in Syria / Samer N. Abboud -- The Syrian Refugee Crisis And Its Impact On Jordan: In Reference to the Regime's Structural Deficits / Simone Hüser -- The Crisis in Syria, International and Regional Sanctions, and the Transformation of the Political Order in the Levant /Peter Seeberg -- The 'Syrian Effects' and the Regional Quest for Human Dignity in the New Syrian, Egyptian, and Tunesian Constitutions / Mervat F. Hatem -- Israel and a Palestinian State: Redrawing Lines? / Lorenzo Kamel -- Failed Attempts or Faliures to Attempt? Western Policies toward Palestinian Statehood / Martin Beck -- Turmoil in the Levant: Inconclusive Conclusions / Dietrich Jung.

ISBN

9781137537225
1137537221
9781349576289
134957628X
1137526025
9781137526021
9781137526151 (canceled/invalid)
9781137526021 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2015023441
40025794462

OCLC

ocn917340530
917340530
SCSB-14373653

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library