The Arab State and Neo-liberal Globalization: The Restructuring of State Power in the Middle East - Hardcover

Laura Guazzone

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 086372339X ISBN 13: 9780863723391

Publisher: Ithaca Press, 2009

Synopsis

The Arab State and Neo-liberal Globalization Offers an approach to the study of Arab states by focusing on their participation in neo-liberal globalization rather than on authoritarianism or Islam. This title analyzes the effects of the restructuring of traditional state power engendered by globalization. Full description

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Review:

A refreshing take not only on the subject matter of changing patters of authority in the Arab world but also on the development of a cohesive and integrated edited volume If nothing else, this work serves as an example of how an edited volume need not be a collage of disparate works, but can be an effective tool and one enabling a vast research project. Ultimately, Guazzone and Pioppi s volume is something that scholars of both the Arab world and transitional societies should be excited to read. It represents not only a shaking of conceptual foundations, but an active effort toward re-orienting our understandings of how political transformation and authoritarian resilience in this region can be re-articulated. --Benjamin MacQueen, Monash University in Walker, David , MacQueen, Benjamin , Deflem, Mathieu andO'Keefe, Michael P.(2010) 'BOOK REVIEWS', Global Change, Peace & Security, 22: 1, 149 154

About the Author:

Laura Guazzone is Professor of the Contemporary History of the Arab Countries at 'La Sapienza' University of Rome. Daniela Pioppi is Senior Research Fellow at the Italian Institute of International Affairs.Other contributors include Paul Aarts and Joris van Duijne, Joel Beinin, Myriam Catusse, Philippe Droz-Vincent, Issandr El Amrani, Steffen Hertog, Karam Karam, Charbel Nahas, Elizabeth Picard, Tim Niblock, Maria Cristina Paciello, Karen Aggestam, Helena Lindholm Schulz and Ulrich Wurzel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ithaca Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 086372339X
• ISBN 13: 9780863723391
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 388
• Editor: Laura Guazzone, Daniela Pioppi