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State Formation and Identity in the Middle East and North Africa

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  1. Kenneth Christie
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  2. Mohammad Masad
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction: Thinking about Identity and the State in the MENA

    • Kenneth Christie, Mohammad Masad
    Pages 1-14

  3. State Formation, Religion, and Ethnicity in the Middle East and North Africa: An Overview

    • Mohammad Masad, Kenneth Christie
    Pages 15-36

  4. Extra-Regional Interests, Authoritarian Elites, and Dependent State Formation in the Arab World

    • Marion Boulby
    Pages 37-58

  5. The Interplay of Palestinian and Jordanian Identities in Re/Making the State and Nation Formation in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

    • Nur Köprülü
    Pages 59-85

  6. The Ikhwan Movement and Its Role in Saudi Arabia’s State-Building

    • Sebastiano Andreotti
    Pages 87-112

  7. The Post-14/02/11 Bahrain: A State in the Remaking

    • Magdalena Karolak
    Pages 113-137

  8. Muslims and Christians in Egyptian State Formation: A New Beginning in 2011?

    • Sebastian Elsässer
    Pages 139-157

  9. Religion, Ethnicity, and State Formation in Algeria: “The Berber” As a Category of Contestation

    • Lisa Watanabe
    Pages 159-172

  10. The Free Patriotic Movement and Hizbullah Political Entente: A Paradigm Shift in Lebanese Identity and State Formation?

    • Bouchra Bouyoub
    Pages 173-198

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 199-212
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For states in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia, the "Arab Spring" has had different implications and consequences, stemming from the politics of identity and the historical and political processes that have shaped development. This book focuses on how these factors interact with globalization and affect state formation.

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Kenneth Christie, Royal Roads University, Canada Mohammad Masad, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates Marion Boulby, Trent University, Canada Nur Köprülü, Near East University, North Cyprus Sebastiano Andreotti , independent historian and geopolitical analyst Magdalena Karolak, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Sebastian Elsässer, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Germany Lisa Watanabe, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Switzerland Bouchra Bouyoub , City University London, UK

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