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1 online resource (221 pages) |
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Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics |
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Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Note on transliteration; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Different approaches to regionalism in IR; Regionalism from a teleological perspective; 2 The power-knowledge nexus in region making; There are no regions out there to be discovered; To define, as to name, is to conquer; Rethinking the idea of the doomed Arab region; Arab region makers from a post-structuralist perspective; 3 Borders of meaning in the Arab region; Interpreting the meaning of being Arab |
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Arab nationalism and the politicization of Arab identityThe politics of Arab/non-Arab distinction; The LAS and the Arab region''s frontier-effects; Concluding remarks; 4 The political economy of Arab regionalism; Arab economic regionalism from the 1950s to the 1990s; The Greater Arab Free Trade Area; The ""Agadir"" Agreement; Concluding remarks; 5 The regionalization of Arab capital; Arab-to-Arab official development assistance: Arab ODA; Arab-to-Arab foreign direct investment: Arab FDI; The enduring value of Arab remittances: Arab labour markets; Concluding remarks |
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6 Moving across the Arab regionNot just about money: the human element of Arab labour migration; Forced migration: Arab refugees in neighbouring Arab states; Tourism and education: Arab money is always welcome; Concluding remarks; 7 The Arab(ic) public sphere; The Arab media landscape; Popular manifestations of Arab communality I: literature and cinema; Popular manifestations of Arab communality II: Arabs on TV; Concluding remarks; Conclusion; Index |
| Summary |
Arab regionalism details and examines the power relations involved in the making of an Arab region. On an empirical level, this book concentrates on the drawing of topographic and ideational boundaries in the Arab region, on Arab regional organizations, on the functional cooperation among Arab states and institutions, and on the socio-cultural infra-structure that supports the Arab region making process, with a strong focus on post-1990 dynamics. On a theoretical level, this work makes a case for the analytical autonomy of ""Arab"" regionalism (as opposed to regionalism in the Middle East or i |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index |
| Subject |
Regionalism -- Arab countries
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Regionalism -- Middle East
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Regionalism.
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Arab countries.
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Middle East.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317658030 |
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1317658035 |
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1138787809 |
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9781138787803 |
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9781315765631 |
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1315765632 |
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