The Struggle for the State in Jordan: The Social Origins of Alliances in the Middle East - Rilegato

Allinson, Jamie

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ISBN 10: 1784532304 ISBN 13: 9781784532307

Casa editrice: Tauris Academic Studies, 2016

Riassunto

Why do the states of the Arab world seem so unstable? Why do alliances between them and with outside powers change? In The Struggle for the State in Jordan, Jamie Allinson argues that the answer lies in the expansion of global capitalism in the Middle East. Drawing out the unexpected way in which Jordan's Bedouin tribes became allied to the British Empire in the twentieth century, and the legacy of this for the international politics of the Middle East, he challenges the existing views of the region. Using the example of Jordan, this book traces the social bases of the struggles that produced the country's foreign relations in the latter half of the twentieth century to the reforms carried out under the Ottoman Empire and the processes of land settlement and state formation experience under the British Mandate. By examining the attempts of Jordan to create foreign alliances during a time of upheaval and instability in the region, Allinson offers wider conclusions concerning the nature of the interaction between state and society in the wider Middle East.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Jamie Allinson is Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Westminster. He holds a PhD in Politics and International Relations from The University of Edinburgh.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Tauris Academic Studies
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1784532304
• ISBN 13: 9781784532307
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 212