Euro-Mediterranean relations after the Arab Spring : persistence in times of change / edited by Jakob Horst, Annette Jünemann, Delf Rothe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Horst, Jakob.

Jünemann, Annette, 1959-

Rothe, Delf.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab Spring, 2010-.

European Union countries--Foreign relations--Arab countries.

European Union countries.

Arab countries--Foreign relations--European Union countries.

Arab countries.

European Union countries--Foreign relations--Mediterranean Region.

Mediterranean Region--Foreign relations--European Union countries.

Mediterranean Region.

Arab countries--Politics and government--21st century.

Mediterranean Region--Politics and government--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, UK ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 'Arab Spring' triggered paradigmatic shifts but, despite these changes, much in the Euro-Mediterranean region remains the same. Utilising 'Logics of Action', an innovative theoretical framework designed to capture the complexity of political interaction in one of the fastest changing regions in the world, this book discusses developments in the region before and after the Arab Spring that can be characterised by a continuation of the norm. Offering a completely new perspective on the events of the 'Arab Spring' it identifies something that seems paradoxical at first sight; persistence in t

Contents:

Logics of action in the Euro-Mediterranean political space : an introduction to the analytical framework / Jakob Horst, Annette Jünemann, Florian Kühn, Eva Maggi and Delf Rothe

Change to stay the same : the European Union and the logics of institutional reform in Morocco / Eva-Maria Maggi

Facing a dilemma : the EU's promotion of gender-democracy after the "Arab Spring" / Annette Jünemann

Learning to cope : the development of European immigration policies concerning the Mediterranean caught between national and supra-national narratives / Peter Seeberg

Free trade, development and authoritarianism in a rentier economy : intentions and reality of the EU's logic of action in Algeria / Jakob Horst

A revolution in the logics of action? : renegotiating the authoritarian social contract in Egypt / Cilja Harders

Blocked middle classes as an engine of change in the Arab world? / Rachid Ouaissa

Exploring the logics of moderate Islamists' political actions in the light of the "Arab Spring" : the cases of Jordan and Morocco / Kerstin Fritzsche and Ivesa Lübben

On logics of the Egyptian transformation process and change / Ingrid El Masry

Welcome to the desert : regional integration and identity change through an EU-MENA energy partnership? / Delf Rothe

Mediterranean players par excellence? : sketching foreign-educated Syrians' logics of action / Tina Zintl

Conclusion / Jakob Horst, Annette Jünemann, Delf Rothe.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-58080-2

1-317-13993-3

1-317-13992-5

1-4094-5553-X

9781315580807

OCLC:

864414613