The Transnational Middle East: People, Places, Borders Contributor(s): Vignal, Leïla (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138690899 ISBN-13: 9781138690899 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $190.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | Political Economy - Business & Economics | International - Economics |
Dewey: 337.56 |
LCCN: 2016006602 |
Series: International Political Economy of New Regionalisms |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.25 lbs) 288 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Middle East has been undergoing new crises since the powerful socio-political uprisings known as the Arab Spring took place in several countries in 2011. Some countries are experiencing a long-term collapse of their political and social structures out of internal conflicts and external interventions. The Transnational Middle East posits that, in the Middle East, the development of regional dynamics, of processes and circulations of all kinds, can be documented. In this regard, the approaches it develops -- 'bottom-up' regionalisation, 'globalisation from below' -- allow for a better understanding of the ways in which the Middle East is part of global transformations. The book analyses how, through their practices, Middle East societies elaborate a regional space which is not institutionalised. Based on fieldwork in the Middle East, the book provides venues for further theoretical elaboration on globalisation and contemporary societies, as well as on processes of regionalisation. It draws on the emergence of genuine regional spaces of culture, art, economic activity, human circulation -- which supplement and do not contradict other infra-national, national, or global social processes. As in other areas of the world, these transformations are to a large extent the mode of the Middle East's insertion into globalisation. In this respect, they go against standard narratives of the supposed 'exceptionalism' of the region. This book will be a great contribution to comparative politics, Middle Eastern studies, globalisation and international relations. |