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UNINA9910255280203321 |
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Autore |
Krieg Andreas |
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Titolo |
Socio-Political Order and Security in the Arab World : From Regime Security to Public Security / / by Andreas Krieg |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2017.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (IX, 281 p. 2 illus. in color.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Middle East—Politics and government |
Security, International |
Middle Eastern Politics |
International Security Studies |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Chapter 1: A new Approach to Conceptualizing Security in the Arab World -- Chapter 2: Patron-Protégé relations under the Old Regime -- Chapter 3: Traditional Civil-Security Sector Relations in the Arab World -- Chapter 4: The Arab Public Sphere – Challenging the Old Regime -- Chapter 5: Public Dissidence, the Security Sector and Regime Resilience -- Chapter 6: Alternative Patronage Systems – From Old Regime Failure to New Security Providers -- Chapter 7: Battling for a New Post-Revolutionary Order - New Security Providers in Syria, Libya & Yemen -- Chapter 8: Iraq – The Privatization of Security and the Rise of ISIS. . |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book examines the connection between socio-politics and security in the Arab World. In an effort to understand the social and political developments that have been on-going in the Arab World since the 1990s, culminating in the Arab Spring, Krieg moves beyond liberal deterministic assumptions - most notably that the promotion of liberal values and democracy are the panacea for the structural problems of the region. Instead, this text advances the case that grievances related to individual security needs are at the heart of regional insecurity and instability. Looking towards the future, the author asserts that regimes can only be resilient if they are able to provide for individual security inclusively. When regimes fail to cater for public security, they might be |
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