The Middle East and Globalization [electronic resource] : Encounters and Horizons /
Stetter, Stephan.author.
Stetter, Stephan,1972-
The Middle East and Globalization discusses past and contemporary political, societal, economic, and cultural trends in the Middle East against the background of comprehensive theories of globalization. The chapters draw on a shared methodological approach, looking at the fractures and horizons of globalization that are shaping the Middle East.
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""Cover""; ""The Middle East and Globalization""; ""The Middle East and Globalization: Encounters and Horizons""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1: The Middle Eastand Globalization: Encounters and Horizons""; ""Introduction and Framework""; ""Moving beyond Interconnections and Sectors""; ""Encounters, Fractures, and Horizons""; ""Overview of the Book""; ""Concluding Remarks""; ""Part 1: Fractured Encounters""; ""Chapter 2: Globalization, the Highest Stage of Imperialism Core-Periphery Dynamics in the Middle East""; ""Globalization through Structuralist Lenses""
""Globalization and the Role of the Middle East""""Globalization, Militarization, and the Middle East""; ""The Impact of Globalizationon the Middle East""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 3: Globalization and Networked Civility in the Arab Region""; ""Introduction""; ""Civility: The Political Culture of Democratic Civil Society""; ""Civility and the New ICTs""; ""The Arab State Fights Back""; ""Civil Society and Itself""; ""Conversations about Conversations""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""
""Chapter 4: Globalization and In/Security: Middle Eastern Encounters with International Society and the Case of Turkey""""Globalization and In/Security: Mainstream Approaches""; ""Encounters with International Society and In/Security: Postcolonial Insights""; ""Globalization, In/Security, and the Middle East""; ""Globalization, In/Security, and Republican Turkey""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 5: The Globalization of Democracy and the Locationof the Middle East in the Contemporary Global Order""; ""Introduction""; ""Liberal Hegemonies: Democratizationâ€?s Genealogies and Limitations""
""Limitations in Practice: Western Democracy-Promotion Policies""""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 6: Globalization in a Middle Eastern Regional Perspective: A Postcolonial Reading of the Arab Human Development Reports""; ""The Intellectual Debateon Globalization""; ""The Arab Human Development Reports""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 7: Settler Colonialism and Its Discontents: A View Forward from the Long 1960s""; ""Introduction""; ""Globalization: Commitments and Angles of Vision""; ""Settler Colonialism and the Long 1960s""; ""The Globalization of Popular Defense""
""The (Re)Invention of â€œTerrorismâ€?""""Conclusion: Denial and (In)Security""; ""Part 2: Horizons of the Global Condition""; ""Chapter 8: The Middle East, Interstate Norms, and Intervention: The Great Anomaly""; ""Introduction""; ""Intervention in Middle East Politics: The Historical Record""; ""Conclusions""; ""Chapter 9: Islamic Reform and the Global Public Sphere: Muhammad Abduh and Islamic Modernity""; ""Muhammad Abduh I: A Biographical Sketch""; ""World Society: Globalization, Modernization, and the Middle East""; ""The Global Public Sphere: Constructing an Analytical Device""
""Muhammad Abduh II: A Modern Apologist of Islam""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Middle East and Globalization discusses past and contemporary political, societal, economic, and cultural trends in the Middle East against the background of comprehensive theories of globalization. The chapters draw on a shared methodological approach, looking at the fractures and horizons of globalization that are shaping the Middle East.
International relations.
Political sociology.
Ethnology
Comparative politics.
Political science.
Middle Eastern Politics.
International Relations.
Political Sociology.
Middle Eastern Culture.
Comparative Politics.
Political Science.