Neoliberal Governmentality and the Future of the State in the Middle East and North Africa / / edited by Emel Akçalı

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2016.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.956
• Soggetto topico: Africa—Politics and government; Terrorism; Political violence; Political sociology; Middle East—Politics and government; International relations; Political theory; African Politics; Terrorism and Political Violence; Political Sociology; Middle Eastern Politics; International Relations; Political Theory
• Soggetto geografico: Middle East Politics and government 21st century; Africa, North Politics and government 21st century
• Classificazione: POL010000POL042020POL043000POL045000
• Persona (resp. second.): AkçalıEmel
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Neoliberal Governmentality and the Future of the State in the Middle East and North Africa; Emel Akcali -- 2. Squaring the Circle? Transitology and the Arab Revolts; Benoit Challand -- 3. The Failure of the State (Re)Building Process in Iraq; Rahman Dag -- 4. Welfare Genocide: rentierism, neoliberalism, and the corporatization of the public sector in Jordan; Rami Farouk Daher -- 5. Islamism and Neo-liberalism in the Aftermath of the 2011 Arab Uprisings: The Freedom and Justice Party in Egypt and Nahda in Tunisia; Katerina Dalacoura -- 6. The Arab Revolutions, Jihadism and the future of the Arab State; Farhad Khosrokhavar -- 7. 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell': The Israeli Nuclear Taboo and the Limits of Global Governmentality; Ali Diskaya -- 8. The Egyptian Trade Union Movement: Which Impact on the Transformation Process?; Nadine Abdalla -- 9. The Kurdish Question, Urban Protests and the Reconstruction of the Turkish State and Politics; Zafer Fehmi Yörük -- 10. The Impossible Revolution: Why Did the Arab Spring Fail to Materialize in Lebanon and Israel/Palestine?; Daniel Monterescu and Yasmin Ali -- 11. In Lieu of Conclusion: from Bare life to Dignity; Mark LeVine -- Notes on contributors -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume is a theoretical analysis of the current crises of state and societal transformations in the Middle East and North Africa. The emphasis on the impact and limits of neoliberal governmentality places these uprisings within the specific contextual and structural environment of neoliberal globalization.
• Titolo autorizzato: Neoliberal Governmentality and the Future of the State in the Middle East and North Africa
• ISBN: 1-137-54299-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910255311403321
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