Instability in the Middle East – Structural Causes and Uneven Uneven Modernisation 1950 2012: Structural Causes and Uneven Modernisation 1950-2015 - Softcover

Cerny, Karel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8024634279 ISBN 13: 9788024634272

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2017

Synopsis

Middle Eastern instability is manifest externally in many ways: by crises afflicting governing regimes, the rise of political Islam, terrorism, revolution, civil war, increased migration, and the collapse of many states. This book examines the roots of this instability using a theoretically original and empirically supported historical-sociological comparative analysis. Countering common interpretations of postcolonial Middle Eastern development, Instability in the Middle East focuses on the highly uneven and unsynchronized pace of change in individual sociodemographic, economic, and political dimensions of modernization. Drawing on the theory of multiple modernities, Cerny investigates the broader cultural, religious, and international political context of uneven modernization in the Middle East and tests his model using a time series of dozens of indicators over the past fifty years, revealing a long-term trend of cumulative change across the region.

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About the Author

Karel Cerny is a lecturer in the Department of Historical Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, at Charles University Prague. Phil Jones is a translator of Czech into English.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8024634279
• ISBN 13: 9788024634272
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224