Zum Hauptinhalt springen Zur Suche springen Zur Hauptnavigation springen
Beschreibung
In the second edition of The New Middle East: What Everyone Needs to Know, renowned Middle East scholar James L. Gelvin explains how in the aftermath of the collapse of the USSR, the American invasion of Iraq, and the Arab uprisings of 2010-11, a new Middle East has emerged. Syria, Libya, and Yemen have become "crisis states," where warlords vie against governments and each other. The economies of Iran, Turkey, and Lebanon, weakened by corruption, sanctions, and neoliberal economic policies, have imploded. Some states have doubled-down on repression, while others intervene in the internal affairs of their neighbors with impunity.

The revised and expanded edition explores these hallmarks of the New Middle East, along with the end of American hegemony in the region, the expansion of "conflict zones," the continued centrality of the Saudi-Iranian competition, and the ramifications of the breakdown of the Israel-Palestine peace process. It also highlights the crisis of human security brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, bad governance, stagnant economies, poor healthcare and educational delivery systems, climate change, food and water insecurity, population growth and imbalance, and the unprecedented displacement of populations. In a concise question-and-answer format, Gelvin outlines the social, political, and economic contours of the New Middle East, illuminating the current crisis in the region and exploring how it is likely to evolve in the decades to come.
In the second edition of The New Middle East: What Everyone Needs to Know, renowned Middle East scholar James L. Gelvin explains how in the aftermath of the collapse of the USSR, the American invasion of Iraq, and the Arab uprisings of 2010-11, a new Middle East has emerged. Syria, Libya, and Yemen have become "crisis states," where warlords vie against governments and each other. The economies of Iran, Turkey, and Lebanon, weakened by corruption, sanctions, and neoliberal economic policies, have imploded. Some states have doubled-down on repression, while others intervene in the internal affairs of their neighbors with impunity.

The revised and expanded edition explores these hallmarks of the New Middle East, along with the end of American hegemony in the region, the expansion of "conflict zones," the continued centrality of the Saudi-Iranian competition, and the ramifications of the breakdown of the Israel-Palestine peace process. It also highlights the crisis of human security brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, bad governance, stagnant economies, poor healthcare and educational delivery systems, climate change, food and water insecurity, population growth and imbalance, and the unprecedented displacement of populations. In a concise question-and-answer format, Gelvin outlines the social, political, and economic contours of the New Middle East, illuminating the current crisis in the region and exploring how it is likely to evolve in the decades to come.
Über den Autor
James L. Gelvin is professor of modern Middle Eastern history at UCLA and a specialist in the modern social and cultural history of the Arab East. His many publications include The Modern Middle East: A History.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • PREFACE

  • 1. Before the Deluge: The Middle East, 1945-2011

  • 2. The Arab Uprisings and Their Fallout

  • 3. Things Fall Apart

  • 4. Patrons, Proxies, and Freelancers: The International Relations of the New Middle East

  • 5. Human Security in the New Middle East

  • NOTES

  • FURTHER READING

  • INDEX

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: What Everyone Needs To Know
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780197622094
ISBN-10: 0197622097
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Gelvin, James
Auflage: Second Edition
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
OUP USA
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Abbildungen: 3 b/w
Maße: 211 x 137 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: James Gelvin
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.01.2024
Gewicht: 0,218 kg
Artikel-ID: 125696120

Ähnliche Produkte