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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255307403321

Titolo

The Levant in Turmoil : Syria, Palestine, and the Transformation of Middle Eastern Politics / / edited by Martin Beck, Dietrich Jung, Peter Seeberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-52602-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 226 p.)

Collana

The Modern Muslim World

Classificazione

POL011000POL035010POL043000

Disciplina

956.05/4

Soggetti

Middle East—Politics and government

Peace

International relations

Terrorism

Political violence

Political science

Middle Eastern Politics

Conflict Studies

International Relations

Terrorism and Political Violence

Political Science

Syria History Civil War, 2011-

Syria History Civil War, 2011- Refugees

Syria Politics and government 21st century

Middle East Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Political Turmoil and Social Transformation in the Levant; Martin Beck, Dietrich Jung, and Peter Seeberg -- 1. Syria's Civil War and the Reconfiguration of Regional Politics; Fred H. Lawson -- 2. Deadly Implications: The Rise of



Sectarianism in Syria; Peter Sluglett -- 3. Conflict, Governance and Decentralized Authority in Syria; Samer N. Abboud -- 4. The Syrian Refugee Crisis And Its Impact On Jordan: In Reference to the Regime's Structural Deficits; Simone Hoser -- 5. The Crisis in Syria, International and Regional Sanctions and the Transformation of the Political Order in the Levant; Peter Seeberg -- 6. The 'Syrian Effects' and the Regional Quest for Human Dignity in the New Syrian, Egyptian and Tunesian Constitutions; Mervat F. Hatem -- 7. Israel and a Palestinian State: Redrawing Lines?; Lorenzo Kamel -- 8. Failed Attempts or Faliures to Attempt? Western Policies toward Palestinian Statehood; Martin Beck -- 9. Turmoil in the Levant: Inconclusive Conclusions; Dietrich Jung -- Contributor Bios -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

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. In the sub-region 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 enormous human suffering in one of the most brutal civil wars the region ever has witnessed, yet the international community has shown an appalling inability to act. 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.