Citizenship and the state in the Middle East : approaches and applications / edited by Nils A. Butenschon, Uri Davis, and Manuel Hassassian.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Butenschøn, Nils A. (Nils August), 1949-

Davis, Uri.

Hassassian, Manuel S. (Manuel Sarkis), 1954-

Universitetet i Oslo. Institutt for statsvitenskap.

Series:

Contemporary issues in the Middle East

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--Middle East--Congresses.

Citizenship.

Political participation--Middle East--Congresses.

Political participation.

Civil society--Middle East--Congresses.

Civil society.

Political culture--Middle East--Congresses.

Political culture.

Politics and government.

Middle East--Politics and government--Congresses.

Middle East.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xix, 449 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2000.

Summary:

Introduces a pioneering approach to politics in the Middle East by analyzing key factors in the constitution of political communities and collective identities in terms of citizenship.

As a response to processes of globalization, regional integration and ethnic conflicts, the study of citizenship has regained new interest among social scientists and legal experts. This approach focuses on the relationship between the state and the people -- as individuals and collectivities, citizens and non-citizens -- living within its borders. Citizenship defines the terms of rights and obligations in a society, regulates political participation and access to public goods and properties. Together with its companion volume, Gender and Citizenship (forthcoming in Fall 2000), this book represents the first systematic critical attempt to interpret the complex nature Middle East politics from a citizenship perspective. The work provides both theoretical contributions and case studies, and includes a significant section on Israel and Palestine.

Contents:

State, power, and citizenship in the Middle East: a theoretical introduction / Nils A. Butenschon

Islam, civil society, and citizenship: reflections on the sociology of citizenship and Islamic studies / Bryan S. Turner

Conceptions of citizenship in the Middle East: state, nation, and people / Uri Davis

Gender, citizenship, and state in the Middle East / Mary Ann Tétreault

Citizenship and international human rights law: status, evolution, and challenges / Asbjørn Eide

Liberalization without democratization in "post-populist" authoritarian states: evidence from Syria and Egypt / Raymond A. Hinnebusch

State formation and citizenship in Lebanon: the politics of membership and exclusion in a sectarian state / Rania Maktabi

Citizenship in the Gulf States: conceptualization and practice / Anh Nga Longva

The Palestinians: from hyphenated to integrated citizenship / Anis F. Kassim

Democratization, citizenship, Arab unity, and Palestinian autonomy: a critical reading of the new Middle East / Uri Davis

Palestinian political culture, civil society, and the conception of citizenship / Manuel Hassassian

Citizenship and its discontents: Palestinians in Israel / Rebecca Kook

The contradictions of Palestinian citizenship in Israel: inclusion and exclusion in the Israeli welfare state / Zeev Rosenhek and Michael Shalev

Rights and duties, citizens and soldiers: conscientious objection and the redefinition of citizenship in Israel / Sara Helman

Internal security and citizenship under the Palestinian national authority / Beverley Milton-Edwards

Palestinian national authority toward a permanent status: the contours of state building "from above" / Christopher H. Parker.

Notes:

Papers presented at an international conference held Nov. 1996 in Oslo and organized by the University of Oslo, Dept. of Political Science.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-434) and index.

ISBN:

0815628293

OCLC:

43318360