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Dialogues in Arab politics : negotiations in regional order / Michael N. Barnett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnett, Michael N., 1960-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Panarabism.
- Nationalism--Arab countries.
- Nationalism.
- Arab countries.
- Arab countries--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- Arab countries--Foreign relations.
- International relations.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 376 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [1998]
- Summary:
- Barnett explores the relationships among Arab identity, the meaning of Arabism, and desired regional order in the Middle East from 1920 to the present, focusing on Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia.
- Contents:
- 1. A Narrative of Arab Politics 1
- Dialogues and Regional Order 6
- Which Dialogues Among Which Arab States? 15
- Organization of the Book 19
- 2. The Game of Arab Politics 25
- The Structure of Arab Politics 29
- Symbolic Exchanges 39
- The Changing Game of Arab Politics 49
- 3. The Creation of "Arab" Politics, 1920-1945 55
- Arab Nationalism 56
- Arab Nationalism and Independence 61
- Arab Nationalism and Palestine 68
- Arab Nationalism and Unification 72
- 4. Securing Arabism, 1945-1955 85
- Palestine and Israel 87
- Arab Nationalism and Sovereignty 98
- Arab Nationalism and the West 103
- 5. The Ascent and Descent of Arabism, 1956-1967 121
- Suez, Arabism, and the West 123
- Arabism and the Rise and Decline of Unification 129
- The Debate About Israel 146
- 6. Sovereignty and Statism, 1967-1990 161
- Khartoum and the Consecration of Sovereignty 165
- The War of Ramadan, the Peace Process, and Constricted Arabism 181
- Fragmentation in Arab Politics 200
- 7. The End of the Arab States System?
- Arab Politics Since the Gulf War 213
- The Gulf War 215
- The Reorganization of Arab-Israeli Politics 221
- The Changing Security Order 227
- The Future Arab Order 229
- 8. The Making and Unmaking of Arab Politics 237
- The Game of Arab Politics 239
- The Pattern of Strategic Interaction 241
- A Narrative of Arab Politics 256.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [339]-365) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0231109180
- 0231109199
- OCLC:
- 38432332
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