Altered States (Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Democratization and Government) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1032134097 ISBN 13: 9781032134093

Publisher: Routledge, 2022

Synopsis

Building on Timothy Mitchell's seminal 1991 exploration of the "Limits of the State," this book brings together contributions on the state in the Arab world from the past and present in an edited volume.

Altered States views the state less as a matter of people and institutions and more as sets of practices, regimes of truth, and capabilities of power, and the effects they have on those under their control. Through analysing case studies - including Tunisia, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Palestine, UAE, Rojova, and the Islamic State - the concept of the state is applied and questioned. This book examines the roots of policies that led to the uprisings, focusing on how the "authoritarian bargain", which helped define Arab politics, broke down with the rise of neoliberalism. It also assesses how boundaries between state and society have been redrawn, as various dynamics have brought state forces into more open conflict with citizens and each other.

The rapid pace of change in the Arab world has necessitated constant modification of themes and theoretical lens of analysis. This book will, therefore, be of interest to practitioners, graduate students and academics of the Arab world, statehood, and political science.

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About the Author

Sune Haugbolle is Professor of Global Studies at Roskilde University, Denmark.

Mark LeVine is Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of California, Irvine, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032134097
• ISBN 13: 9781032134093
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Haugbolle Sune, LeVine Mark