Minority Politics In The Middle East And North Africa
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Minority Politics in the Middle East and North Africa
Author | : Will Kymlicka,Eva Pföstl |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 2018-02-02 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781317205500 |
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Projects of democratic reform in the Middle East and North Africa have said little about the place of minorities and minority rights in their vision of reform, implying that these issues are best deferred to some indefinite future. While many people describe the Arab Spring as a ‘battle for pluralism’, there is a reluctance to discuss what this pluralism might actually mean for the political claims of minorities, for fear of triggering divisive conflicts and undemocratic tendencies. Is there an alternative to this fearful deferral of minority politics? Can we imagine ‘transformative minority politics’ – that is, a form of minority politics that strengthens democratic reform in the region, and that helps deepen a culture of human rights and democratic citizenship? This volume explores whether this is indeed a realistic prospect in the Middle East and North Africa, examining cases that include the Amazigh in North Africa, the Copts in Egypt, the Kurds in Iraq, the Palestinians in Israel, the ‘minoritarian’ regimes in Syria and Bahrain, and various ethnic minorities in Iran. This book was originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies.
The Political Role of Minority Groups in the Middle East
Author | : Ronald De McLaurin |
Publsiher | : Praeger Publishers |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : UOM:39015046845106 |
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Minorities and the State in the Arab World
Author | : Ofra Bengio,Gabriel Ben-Dor |
Publsiher | : Lynne Rienner Publishers |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1555876471 |
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This text offers a comprehensive discussion of minorities and ethnic politics in eight Arab countries. Focusing on the strategic political chaos made by minorities, majorities and regimes in power, the authors point to probable future developments in majority-minority relations in the region.
Minorities and State Building in the Middle East
Author | : Paolo Maggiolini,Idir Ouahes |
Publsiher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2020-10-19 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9783030543990 |
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This book offers fresh insights to enhance and diversify our understanding of the modern history of the state and societies in today’s Jordan, while also providing examples of why and how scholars can challenge the static and discursively government-minded approaches to minorities and minoritisation – especially the traditional emphasis on demographic balances. Despite its small size and initial appearance of homogeneity, Jordan provides an excellent case of a dynamic, relational, historically contingent and fluid approach to ethnic, political and religious minorities in the context of the imposition of a modern state system on complex and varied traditional societies. The editors and contributors present dynamic and relational perspectives on the status of and historical processes involved in the creation and absorption of minority groups within Jordan.
Religious Minorities in Non Secular Middle Eastern and North African States
Author | : Mark Tessler |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 469 |
Release | : 2019-07-19 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9783030198435 |
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This book describes and compares the circumstances and lived experiences of religious minorities in Tunisia, Morocco, and Israel in the 1970s, countries where the identity and mission of the state are strongly and explicitly tied to the religion of the majority. The politics and identity of Jews in Tunisia and Morocco and Arabs in Israel are, therefore, shaped to a substantial degree by their status as religious minorities in non-secular states. This collection, based on in-depth fieldwork carried out during an important moment in the history of each community, and of the region, considers the nature and implications of each group’s response to its circumstances. It focuses on both the community and individual levels of analysis and draws, in part, on original public opinion surveys. It also compares the three communities in order to offer generalizable insights about ways the identity, political culture, and institutional character of a minority group are shaped by the broader political environment in which it resides. The project will appeal to scholars and students in the fields of Middle Eastern and North African studies, Judaic studies, Islamic Studies, minority group politics, and international relations and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Emergence of Minorities in the Middle East
Author | : Benjamin Thomas White |
Publsiher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2012-09-11 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780748688937 |
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This book uses a study of Syria under the French mandate to show what historical developments led people to start describing themselves and others as 'minorities'.
Multiculturalism and Democracy in North Africa
Author | : Moha Ennaji |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 335 |
Release | : 2014-04-16 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781317813613 |
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Investigating the connections between multiculturalism, minorities, citizenship, and democracy in North Africa, this book argues that multiculturalism in this region– and in the Arab world at large – has reached a significant level in terms of scale and importance. In the rest of the world, there has been a trend – albeit a contested one – toward a greater recognition of minority rights. The Arab world however, particularly North Africa, seems to be an exception to this trend, as Arab states continue to promote highly unitary and homogenizing ideas of nationhood and state unity, whilst discouraging, or even forbidding, minority political mobilization. The central theoretical premise of this book is that North Africa is a multicultural region, where culture is inherently linked to politics, religion, gender, and society, and a place where democracy is gradually taking root despite many political and economic hurdles. Addressing the lacuna in literature on this issue, this book opens new avenues of thought and research on diversity, linking policy based on cultural difference to democratic culture and to social justice. Multiculturalism and Democracy in North Africa will be of use to students and researchers with an interest in Sociology, Cultural Studies, and Political Science more broadly.
The Government And Politics Of The Middle East And North Africa Fourth Edition
Author | : David Long,Bernard Reich |
Publsiher | : Westview Press |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 2002-04-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105111771361 |
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Rapid social, economic, and political change is endemic to the Middle East and is often more revolutionary than evolutionary in nature. In many ways, the entire political landscape of the Middle East has been transformed in the past decade in the realm of both international relations and domestic politics: The collapse of the Soviet Union, the end of the cold war, and the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait have all had a profound effect on relations among states within the region and between those states and countries outside the region.In this revised edition, Long and Reich provide comprehensive and up-to-date analyses of many critical contemporary events and issues. The contributors explain how Desert Storm isolated Iraq and brought Syria back into the mainstream of Arab politics, contributing to the revival of the Arab-Israeli peace process. They also show how the return of a Labor government in Israel has allowed the peace process to go forward. Evaluating the economic costs of the Kuwait war and the continuing oil glut, the authors find that resulting changes in the domestic economies of the oil-producing states have created additional pressures for social and political change. The most profound change in government and politics, however, is the rise of Islam as the idiom of political discourse among moderates as well as extremists.