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Title:

Limited statehood and informal governance in the Middle East and Africa / edited by Ruth Hanau Santini, Abel Polese, and Rob Kevlihan.

Publisher:

RoutledgeTaylor & Francis Group,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xi, 278 pages ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Legitimacy of governments--Middle East.
Legitimacy of governments--Africa.
Non-state actors (International relations)--Middle East.
Non-state actors (International relations)--Africa.
Failed states--Middle East.
Failed states--Africa.
Middle East--Politics and government--21st century.
Africa--Politics and government--21st century.
Failed states.
Legitimacy of governments.
Non-state actors (International relations)
Politics and government.
Africa.
Middle East.
2000-2099
Informal governance--Informal governance

Other Authors:

Santini, Ruth Hanau, editor.
Polese, Abel, editor.
Kevlihan, Rob, editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"Hybrid forms of governance - where the central state authority does not possess a monopoly of violence and fails to exercise control - are not only an epiphenomena, but a reality likely to persist. This book explores this phenomenon drawing on examples from the Middle East and Africa. It considers the different sorts of actors - state and non-state, public and private, national and transnational - which possess power, examines the dynamics of the relationships between central authorities and other actors, and reviews the varying outcomes. The book provides an alternative view of the way in which governance has been constructed and lived, puts forward a conceptualisation of various forms of governance which have hitherto been regarded as exceptions, and argues for such forms of governance to be regarded as part of the norm"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world

ISBN:

1138586463
9781138586468

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1154087953

LCCN:

2020020111

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)