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Record Nr.

UNINA9910433238803321

Autore

Mabon Simon

Titolo

Houses built on sand : violence, sectarianism and revolution in the Middle East / / Simon Mabon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester University Press, 2020

Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2020

©2020

ISBN

9781526126474

1526126478

9781526126481

9781526126467

152612646X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 254 pages) : digital file(s)

Collana

Identities and geopolitics in the Middle East

Disciplina

303.48330956

Soggetti

Political violence - Middle East

Arab spring, 2010-

Power (Social sciences) - Middle East

Middle East Politics and government 1979-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.