172 records matched your query       

Title:

Making the new Middle East : politics, culture, and human rights / edited by Valerie J. Hoffman.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Syracuse University Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xi, 487 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Religion and politics--Middle East--History--21st century.
Women--Middle East--Social conditions--21st century.
Mass media--Middle East--History--21st century.
Middle East--Politics and government--21st century.
Middle East--Civilization--21st century.

Other Authors:

Hoffman, Valerie J. (Valerie Jon), 1954- editor.

Notes:

Some papers were originally presented at a conference titled "The New Middle East : Social and Political Change in the Twenty-First Century," sponsored by the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on October 18-20, 2012--Acknowledgments. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Part One. Religion, politics, and society in the Middle East -- Religion and politics in the Arab Spring and its aftermath / Valerie J. Hoffman -- The Islamic Republic and the politics of the new Middle East / Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi -- The military, the Islamists, and the battle over Egypt's constitution / Feisal G. Mohamed -- Old and new battles for Turkish national identity / Joshua D. Hendrick -- Security challenges in Tunisia, Libya, Morocco, and Algeria in the wake of the Arab uprisings / Ramazan Erdağ -- Part Two. Human rights in the Middle East -- Islam, non-Muslim minorities, and human rights in the Middle East / Valerie J. Hoffman -- Regime ruptures and sectarian eruptions in post-Mubarak Egypt / Mariz Tadros -- The Palestinians : justice denied / Cheryl A. Rubenberg -- Part Three. Gender dynamics : what has changed? -- Gender norms in the Muslim Middle East / Valerie J. Hoffman -- The politics of gender equality in Turkey / Gül Aldıkaçtı Marshall -- Between a rock and a hard place : the "Arab Spring," women, and lessons from Iran / Haideh Moghissi -- Part Four. Media and cultural expressions -- State-sponsored media, cultural production, and information wars : the case of Iran / Niki Akhavan -- The power of corruption and the corruption of power : the Arabic historical novel in Morocco (and elsewhere) / Roger Allen -- From Sayed Darwish to MC Sadat : sonic cartographies of the Egyptian uprising / Ted Swedenburg.

Summary:

This book examines politics and social dynamics in the Middle East today from diverse disciplinary perspectives, including religion, economics, gender, human rights, literature, media and music.

Series:

Contemporary issues in the Middle East

ISBN:

0815636121
9780815636120
0815636067
9780815636069

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1082875437

LCCN:

2018053056

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)