The Levant in Turmoil - (Modern Muslim World) by Martin Beck & Dietrich Jung & Peter Seeberg (Hardcover)
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- About the Author: Martin Beck is Chair of Contemporary Middle East Studies at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense.
- 226 Pages
- Political Science, World
- Series Name: Modern Muslim World
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About the Book
"Since the early weeks of the so-called Arab Spring, high hopes for democratic, social, and political change in the Middle East have been met with varying degrees of frustration. Particularly in the subregion of the Levant, regional uprisings have turned to violent conflict in places such as Syria, Iraq, and the Gaza Strip. In Syria, popular unrest has caused one of the most brutal civil wars the region ever has witnessed and enormous human suffering, yet the international community has shown an appalling inability to act. The Syrian people have become the pawn in a complex setting of brutal regime repression, militia warfare, and the diverging interests of regional states and international great powers. Taking the war in Syria as its central point of reference, this book raises the question of whether the developments in the Levant might lead not only to processes of regime change, but also to a fundamental alteration of its entire state system"--From the Back Cover
Since the early weeks of the so-called Arab Spring, high hopes for democratic, social, and political change in the Middle East have been met with varying degrees of frustration. In the sub-region of the Levant, regional uprisings have turned to violent conflict in places such as Syria, Iraq, and the Gaza Strip. In Syria, popular unrest has caused enormous human suffering in one of the most brutal civil wars the region ever has witnessed, yet the international community has shown an appalling inability to act. Taking the war in Syria as its central point of reference, this book raises the question of whether the developments in the Levant might lead not only to processes of regime change, but also to a fundamental alteration of its entire state system.Review Quotes
"A collection of nine scholarly essays by prominent experts, The Levant in Turmoil: Syria, Palestine, and the Transformation of Middle Eastern Politics is a multidisciplinary work about how the ongoing Syrian civil war is transforming the geography, history, and culture of the Levant. ... The Levant in Turmoil: Syria, Palestine, and the Transformation of Middle Eastern Politics will be of interest to both students and scholars alike whose scholarship focuses on the broader Middle East." (ASQ - Arab Studies Quarterly, Vol. 39 (1), 2017)
About the Author
Martin Beck is Chair of Contemporary Middle East Studies at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense. He has published extensively on Middle Eastern affairs. Dietrich Jung is Professor and Head of Department at the Centre for Contemporary Middle East Studies, University of Southern Denmark. He has published widely on wars and conflicts in the Middle East, as well as on modern Islam. Peter Seeberg is Associate Professor and Director of the DJUCO-project, an academic cooperation project in Amman, Jordan, since 2009 funded by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (www.djuco.org).Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .56 Inches (D)
Weight: .94 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Series Title: Modern Muslim World
Sub-Genre: World
Genre: Political Science
Number of Pages: 226
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Theme: Middle Eastern
Format: Hardcover
Author: Martin Beck & Dietrich Jung & Peter Seeberg
Language: English
Street Date: January 6, 2016
TCIN: 93285212
UPC: 9781137537225
Item Number (DPCI): 247-19-4556
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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