The I.B. Tauris Handbook of Authoritarianism in the Arab World / edited by Dana El Kurd.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kurd, Dana El, editor.

Series:

I B Tauris Handbooks.

I B Tauris Handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authoritarianism.

Arab countries--Politics and government.

Arab countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (504 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

This open access handbook provides an overview of Arab authoritarianism and how it has evolved in the face of a global decade of protest, democratic decline, and surging conflict. The chapters in this volume highlight the specificities of authoritarianism in the Arab world while also placing the region in the context of global trends. Contributions combine fresh theoretical analysis with rich case study information on actors, movements, communities, and dynamics that are often ignored in our understanding of this region. With an emphasis on voices from the Arab world, the contributions in this volume span a wide range of disciplinary approaches and address the following areas: strategies and practices of authoritarianism, international and transnational trends, the political economy of authoritarianism, identity, ideology, and resistance. Addressing these issues not only illuminates the persistence of authoritarianism in the region, but also what Arab authoritarianism teaches us about world politics. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the University of Richmond.

Contents:

List of Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction to the Handbook, Dana El Kurd Section 1: Strategies, Practices, and Institutions The International Dimension of “Arab Authoritarianism, Benjamin Schuetze, Elia El-Khazen, Charlotte Mueller, and Philipp Wagner Authoritarian Entanglements with Settler Colonialism: Exploring Dynamics of Moroccan-Israeli Normalization and the Palestine–Western Sahara Connection, Abdulla Moaswes and Meriem Naïli Rule and Networks in the Middle East and North Africa, Ammar Shamaileh The Dynamics of Kuwait’s Hybrid Political System Luai Allarakia Post-2003 Iraq: Between Authoritarian Practices and Democratizing Tendencies Fanar Haddad Youth and the Reinvention of State-Managed Politics in Sisi’s Egypt Hesham Sallam Egypt’s Repressive Apparatus in the Age of Counterrevolution Hossam El-Hamalawy Section 2: International, Transnational, and Transregional Trends Two-tiered Digital Authoritarianism: Archiving the Gaza Genocide on Instagram Alexei Abrahams The Regional Politics of Authoritarian Resilience in the Arab WorldSalam Alsaadi The U.S. Security Approach to Gulf Monarchies Alexandra Stark China’s Role in the Middle East: Authoritarian Practices and Their Transregional Diffusion Julia Gulor-Haller Actually Existing Multipolarity Elia Ayoub Section 3: Political Economy of Authoritarianism National Transformation Schemes: Saudi Arabia and Vision 2030 Andrew Leber The Facade of Sustainability: Neoliberal Authoritarianism in Renewable Energy Development Projects in the SWANA Region Khaoula Bengezi Taxation in Arab States Moritz Schmoll Informal Authoritarian Bargains Max Gallien Arab Youth: Education, Employment, and Political Participation Rawan Nuseibeh Global Actors, Local Autocrats: Unveiling the Resilience of Arab Authoritarianism Evrim Görmüs Section 4: Identity Gendered Disinformation and Authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa Anwar Mhajne Authoritarian Co-optation of Religious Minorities: The Case of Christians in Egypt and Syria Miray Phillips Race, Xenophobia, and Populist Authoritarianism: The Case of Violence Against Sub-Saharan Migrants in Kais Saied’s Tunisia Shreya Parikh Section 5: Ideology Authoritarian Populism in the Arab World: From Nasser to Saied Abdelkarim Amengay Utilization of Tolerance, Coexistence, and Moderate Islam in Emirati National Identity and UAE Foreign Policy Hamdullah Baycar State of "Assad's Syria": The Uniqueness of the Model Between Past and Present Yassin al-Haj Saleh Section 6: Resistance Protest Dynamics and Authoritarian Repression in the Arab World: What Do We Know a Decade After the Arab Spring? Amir Abdul Reda and Youssef Assarssah Feeling Revolution: Affect and the Afterlives of the Arab Uprisings Yasmeen Mekawy Political Mobilization in Arab Countries: Grievances, Efficacy, and Identity Miquel Pellicer and Tareq Sydiq Gender, Oppression, and Women's Resistance in Occupied Western Sahara Joanna Allan

Notes:

Creative Commons. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

ISBN:

9780755655380

OCLC:

1587326302