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000299481 037__ $$aBOOK
000299481 090__ $$a320.01(56/61) HEIA 128913
000299481 245__ $$aState-building in the Middle East and North Africa$$bone hundred years of nationalism, religion and politics
000299481 260__ $$aLondon ; New York ; Oxford$$bI.B. Tauris$$c2022
000299481 269__ $$a2022
000299481 300__ $$axii, 277 pages
000299481 336__ $$aBooks
000299481 520__ $$aWhy have state-building projects across the MENA region proven to be so difficult for so long? Following the end of the Ottoman Empire in the early 1920s, the countries of the region began a violent and divisive process of state formation. But a century later, state-building remains inconclusive. This book traces the emergence and evolution of state-building across the MENA region and identifies the main factors that impeded its success: the slow end of the Ottoman Empire; the experience of colonialism; and the rise of nationalistic and religious movements. The authors reveal the ways in which the post-colonial state proved itself authoritarian and formed on the model of the colonial state. They also identify the nationalist and Islamist movements that competed for political leadership across the nascent systems, enabling the military to establish a grip on the security apparatus and national economies. Finally, in the context of the Arab Spring and its conflict-filled aftermath, this book shows how external powers reasserted their interventionism. In outlining the reasons why regional states remained hollow and devoid of legitimacy, each of the contributors shows that recent conflicts and crises are deeply connected to the foundational period of one century ago.
000299481 6531_ $$aDemocracy and Sovereignty$$0319120
000299481 6531_ $$aPeace, War and Conflict
000299481 6531_ $$aReligion
000299481 700__ $$aMohamedou, Mohammad-Mahmoud
000299481 901__ $$uInternational History and Politics Department$$0319286
000299481 901__ $$uAlbert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
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