Regime and periphery in Northern Yemen : the Huthi phenomenon / Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salmoni, Barak A.

Contributor:

Loidolt, Bryce.

Wells, Madeleine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil war--Yemen (Republic)--History--21st century.

Civil war.

Yemen (Republic)--History--1990-.

Yemen (Republic).

Yemen (Republic)--Politics and government--21st century.

Yemen (Republic)--Politics and government--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (411 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For nearly six years, the government of Yemen has conducted military operations north of the capital against groups of its citizens known as ""Huthis."" In spite of using all means at its disposal, the government has been unable to subdue the Huthi movement. This book presents an in-depth look at the conflict in all its aspects. The authors detail the various stages of the conflict and map out its possible future trajectories.

Contents:

Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Arabic Terms and Definitions; Abbreviations; Introduction; Analytical Dimensions of the Conflict; Context; Roots; Proximate Causes; The GoY Anti-Huthi Campaign: Prolonging Resistance, Provoking Insurgency?; Chapter Structure and Major Analytical Questions; Part I: The Context of Regime-Periphery Relations in Northern Yemen; Part II: From Tension to Conflict: Social Change and Huthi Emergence, 1980's-2004; Part III: The Six Sa'da Wars; Conclusion; Sources Consulted; Conclusion

Part I: The Context of Regime-Periphery Relations in Northern Yemen CHAPTER ONE - Sa'da in the North Yemeni Context; A "United" Yemen's Many Divides; Geographic and Material Divides; Social Divides and Distinctions in the Center and North; Sect and Society; The Rhetorical Activation of Yemen's Divides; Physical, Human, and Economic Geography North of San'a; Physical Characteristics; Population Dispersion in the Sa'da Governorate; Economy; Government Presence in the Governorate; Sa'da as Geographic Periphery: Implications for the Huthi Conflict

CHAPTER TWO - The Sociocultural Ecology of the Huthi Conflict: Tribalism and Religion Qabyala North of San'a: Geography; Qabyala North of San'a: Aspects of Social Organization; Qabila and Shaykhs; Qabyala as a Value System; Individual and Collective Autonomy as Expressed Through Weapons; Tribal Law and Conflict Containment; Zaydism as a Religious and Social Phenomenon; Zaydi Political History in Yemen to 1962; Theology; Practice and Interpretation; Zaydi Self-Definition; Zaydi Religious Strata: Sada, Fuqaha', and Quda; The Latent Nature of Socioreligious Tension

The Sunni Spectrum: Implications for GoY-Huthi Conflict Conclusion; Part II: From Tension to Conflict: Social Change and Huthi Emergence, 1980s-2004; CHAPTER THREE - Run-Up to the Regime-Huthi Conflict, 1980's-2001; Economic, Social, and Political Ferment; Regional Opening and Economic Changes, 1970's-1990's; Social Change and Friction in Sa'da; The Role of the Pre-Unification Regime, 1980's-1990; From Unification to the Believing Youth; An Overheating Governorate, 1990-2001; Salafism in the Zaydi Heartland; Zaydi Defensive Responses; Politics at the Center; Religious Revival; The Believing Youth

The Huthi Family Conclusion: Toward 2001; CHAPTER FOUR - From Tension to Confrontation: Triggers of Conflict, 2001-2004; Sa'da in the New Millennium; Sa'da Dissent and Husayn al-Huthi as Mobilizer and Ideologue; Methods, Occasions, and Locations; Themes, Messages, and Motifs in Husayn al-Huthi's Lectures; What Did Husayn Want?; The Post-9/11 Environment and Saleh Regime Calculations; Part III: The Six Sa'da Wars; CHAPTER FIVE - From Phases to Rolling Conflict: Time Line, Geography, and Magnitude of Huthi-GoY Fighting; The Six "Sa'da Wars"; Time Line and Geographic Migration of the Conflict

Phase 1 (June 2004-September 2004)

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-382).

ISBN:

1-282-79723-9

9786612797231

0-8330-4974-7

OCLC:

652654393