Upheavals in the Middle East : the theory and practice of the revolution / Ronen A. Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Ronen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Revolutions--Middle East--Case studies.

Revolutions.

Revolutions--Arab countries--Case studies.

Government, Resistance to--Middle East--Case studies.

Government, Resistance to.

Government, Resistance to--Arab countries--Case studies.

Islamic fundamentalism--Political aspects--Middle East--Case studies.

Islamic fundamentalism.

Islamic fundamentalism--Political aspects--Arab countries--Case studies.

Insurgency--Middle East--Case studies.

Insurgency.

Insurgency--Arab countries--Case studies.

Islamic fundamentalism--Political aspects.

Arab countries.

Middle East.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 283 page ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2014.

Summary:

Upheavals in the Middle East: The Theory and Practice of a Revolution engages with some of the most sensitive issues in the Middle East: revolutions and social protests. This book offers theoretical paradigms that suit the Middle East's conditions-culturally, religiously, and historically. It deals with seventeen case studies from a range of Muslim and Arab states and provides a theoretical framework to study other situations all over the world, including cases from the recent Arab Spring. Revolution, as political action, can occur in all societies, but in recent years it has appeared most frequently in the Middle East. Will this trend continue? What makes Middle Eastern revolutions unique and surprising? This book seeks to answer these questions, placing side by side those cases that were successful and those that were doomed to fail. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I. Theoretical Approaches: 1. Historical background : revolutions in theories; 2. Essential components to revolutionary evolution and development : theoretical approach; 3. Revolution and its intellectuals : the formation of new and dynamic politics; 4. Fundamentalism and the emergence of the traditional forces.

Part II. Case Studies Analysis : The Middle East States, Opposition Groups, Underground and Political Movements: 5. Algeria; 6. Egypt; 7. Iran; 8. Iraql 9. Sudan : The Mahdiyyah; 10. Syrial 11. Turkey

Part III. Case Studies Analysis : Anti-State Paradigm in Terror Organizations' Agenda/Sub-State Fundamental Organizations: 12. Case A : Al-Qaeda; 13. Case B : Black September Organization; 14. Case C : Hamas; 15. The anti-state paradign in a terror organization's agenda : Taliban; 16. Conclusions

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-278) and index.

ISBN:

9780739176658

073917665X

OCLC:

862589367