Publication Date:
2009
abstract:
This is the introduction to a collection of essays by leading academics offers an alternative approach to the study of
today’s Arab states by focusing on their participation in neo-liberal globalization rather than on
authoritarianism or Islam.
The effects of the restructuring of traditional state power engendered by globalization are analyzed
separately, through updated empirical research in the political, economic and security processes of
each country considered. Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and Saudi Arabia are the case studies selected
to represent different paths towards a shared model of “new” Arab state which, far from
representing an exceptional case of resilience against global trends, may be seen in many instances
as typifying their effects.
This book thus offers both an overall conceptualization of change affecting the Arab states,
domestically and in their relations with the international system, and a series of in-depth case
studies by country and functional areas.
today’s Arab states by focusing on their participation in neo-liberal globalization rather than on
authoritarianism or Islam.
The effects of the restructuring of traditional state power engendered by globalization are analyzed
separately, through updated empirical research in the political, economic and security processes of
each country considered. Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and Saudi Arabia are the case studies selected
to represent different paths towards a shared model of “new” Arab state which, far from
representing an exceptional case of resilience against global trends, may be seen in many instances
as typifying their effects.
This book thus offers both an overall conceptualization of change affecting the Arab states,
domestically and in their relations with the international system, and a series of in-depth case
studies by country and functional areas.
Iris type:
2.1 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)
List of contributors:
L., Guazzone; Pioppi, Daniela
Book title:
The Arab State and Neo-liberal Globalization. The Restructuring of State Power in the Middle East.