The international politics of the Middle East / Raymond Hinnebusch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hinnebusch, Raymond A.

Series:

Regional international politics series.

Regional international politics series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Regionalism--Middle East.

Regionalism.

Nation-state.

Postcolonialism--Middle East.

Postcolonialism.

Middle East--Foreign relations.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2003.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The international politics of the Middle East fills a major gap in the field of middle eastern political studies by combining international relations theory with concrete case studies. It will be of immense benefit to students of middle eastern politics, international relations and comparative politics. The book begins with an overview of the rules and features of the middle east regional system - the arena in which the local states, including Egypt, Turkey, Israel and Arab states of Syria, Jordan and Iraq, operate. It goes on to analyze foreign policy-making in key states, illustrating how systematic determinants constrain this policy-making, and how these constraints are dealt with in distinctive ways depending on particular domestic features of the individual states. Finally, the book goes on to look at the outcomes of state policies by examining several major conflicts including the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Gulf War, and the system of regional alignment. The book assesses the impact of international pentrartion in the region, including the historical reasons behind the formation of the regional state system. It also analyses the continued role of the external great powers, such as the United States and the former Soviet Union and explains the process by which the region has become incorporated into the global capitalist market

Contents:

Contents; List of abbreviations; Map of the Middle East; 1 Introduction to the international politics of the Middle East; 2 Core and periphery: the international system and the Middle East; 3 Identity and sovereignty in the regional system; 4 State formation and international behaviour; 5 Foreign policy making in the Middle East; 6 Comparative foreign policies: explaining foreign policy variation; 7 War and order in the regional system; 8 The Middle East in a decade of globalisation (1991-2001); Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-256) and index.

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ISBN:

9786610733880

9781781700204

1781700206

9781417577972

1417577975

9781280733888

1280733888

9781847790316

1847790313

OCLC:

559295330

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access