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Neoliberal Governmentality and the Future of the State in the Middle East and North Africa

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  1. Emel Akçali
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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction: Neoliberal Governmentality and the Future of the State in the Middle East and North Africa

    • Emel Akçali
    Pages 1-14

  3. Squaring the Circle? Transitology and the Arab Revolts

    • Benoît Challand
    Pages 15-29

  4. The Failure of the State (Re)building Process in Iraq

    • Rahman Dağ
    Pages 31-43

  5. Welfare Genocide: Rentierism, Neoliberalism, and the Corporatization of the Public Sector in Jordan

    • Rami Farouk Daher
    Pages 45-59

  6. Islamism and Neoliberalism in the Aftermath of the 2011 Arab Uprisings: The Freedom and Justice Party in Egypt and Nahda in tunisia

    • Katerina Dalacoura
    Pages 61-83

  7. Jihadism in the Aftermath of Arab Revolutions: An Outcome of the “Failed State”?

    • Farhad Khosrokhavar
    Pages 85-103

  8. “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”: The Israeli Nuclear Taboo and the Limits of Global Governmentality

    • Ali Diskaya
    Pages 105-121

  9. Neoliberal Policies and the Egyptian Trade Union Movement: Politics of Containment and the Limits of Resistance

    • Nadine Abdalla
    Pages 123-141

  10. The Kurdish Question, Urban Protests, and the Neoliberal Transformation of the Turkish State and Society

    • Zafer Fehmi Yörük
    Pages 143-166

  11. The Impossible Revolution: Why Did the Arab Spring Fail to Materialize in Lebanon and Israel/Palestine?

    • Daniel Monterescu, Yasmin Ali
    Pages 167-188

  12. In Lieu of Conclusion: From Bare Life to Dignity

    • Mark LeVine
    Pages 189-195

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 197-231
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This volume is a theoretical analysis of the current crises of state and societal transformations in the Middle East and North Africa. The emphasis on the impact and limits of neoliberal governmentality places these uprisings within the specific contextual and structural environment of neoliberal globalization.

Reviews

"Emel Akçali's edited book bristles with intelligence and detail; it provides one of the best intellectual accounts of the Arab Spring's complex emergence and transformation." Vijay Prashad, LeftWord Books, India

"A fascinating book that makes a distinct and novel contribution to understanding the state and neoliberalism in the Middle East. The range of countries and themes discussed combined with its sophisticated treatment of neoliberal governmentality as a lens through which to interpret power and contestation mark this as an original and stimulating collection." - Adam Hanieh, SOAS, University of London, UK

"In an environment where 'neoliberal' has become a ubiquitous label, this volume provides a refreshing and rigorous critique of the interactions between class, violence, state-building, sectarianism, religiosity, subjectivity, and political economy that shape everyday life. With chapters that explore the power and the limits of governments and people in Yemen, Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Libya, Iraq, Turkey, and Israel/Palestine, the authors provide a critical, theoretical, and materially grounded outlook on state and society in the Middle East." - Sherene Seikaly, Department of History, University of California, USA; editor of the Arab Studies Journal

About the authors

Benoit Challand, New School for Social Research, USA Rahman Da?, Centre for Strategic and Research Analysis, Tukey, and Ad?yaman University, Turkey Rami Farouk Daher, German Jordanian University, Jordan Katerina Dalacoura, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Farhad Khosrokhavar, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France Ali Diskaya, Central European University, Hungary Nadine Abdalla, German Institute for International and Security Affairs Zafer Fehmi Yörük, Izmir University of Economics, Turkey Daniel Monterescu, Central European University, Hungary Yasmin Ali, Researcher, Lebanon Mark LeVine, Lund University, Sweden

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