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Author:

Yom, Sean L.

Title:

From resilience to revolution : how foreign interventions destabilize the Middle East / Sean L. Yom.

Publisher:

Columbia University Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xiii, 294 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Authoritarianism--Middle East--History--20th century.
Political stability--Middle East--History--20th century.
Middle East--Politics and government--20th century.
Kuwait--Politics and government--20th century.
Iran--Politics and government--20th century.
Jordan--Politics and government--20th century.
Middle East--Foreign relations--Western countries.
Western countries--Foreign relations--Middle East.
History.
1900 - 1999
Authoritarianism.
Diplomatic relations.
Political stability.
Politics and government.
Iran.
Jordan.
Kuwait.
Middle East.
Western countries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The argument and the cases -- Coalitions, state-building, and geopolitical mediation -- Conflict and compromise in Kuwait -- Inclusion and stability in a populist autocracy -- Cliency and coercion in Iran -- Exclusionary politics and the revolutionary end -- A conflict interrupted in Jordan -- Recurrent tensions and tenuous survival under Hashemite rule -- The geopolitical origins of durable political order.

Series:

Columbia studies in Middle East politics

ISBN:

0231175647 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780231175647 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)913514424

LCCN:

2015013894

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)