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Autore: |
Blumi Isa <1969->
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Titolo: |
Chaos in Yemen : societal collapse and the new authoritarianism / / Isa Blumi
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Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2010 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
Disciplina: | 953.305 |
Soggetto topico: | Authoritarianism - Yemen (Republic) |
Soggetto geografico: | Yemen (Republic) Politics and government |
Yemen (Republic) Social conditions | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of maps; Preface and acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Yemen's social pathologies beyond the strategic mainstream; 2 The local scramble for ascendancy and the rise of modern polities; 3 The contingent state: The dynamics of administrating Yemen; 4 The frontier as a measure of modern state power; 5 Unification and the roots of Salih's authoritarian push; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | Chaos in Yemen challenges recent interpretations of Yemen's complex social, political and economic transformations since unification in 1990. By offering a new perspective to the violence afflicting the larger region, it explains why the 'Abdullah 'Ali Salih regime has become the principal beneficiary of these conflicts.Adopting an inter-disciplinary approach, the author offers an alternative understanding of what is creating discord in the Red Sea region by integrating the region's history to an interpretation of current events. In turn, by refusing to solely link Yemen to |
Titolo autorizzato: | Chaos in Yemen ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-136-94118-5 |
1-136-94119-3 | |
1-282-88631-2 | |
9786612886317 | |
0-203-84742-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910812346303321 |
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