{"product_id":"routledge-handbook-of-minorities-in-the-middle-east-9781138649040","title":"Routledge Handbook of Minorities in the Middle","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eRoutledge Handbook of Minorities in the Middle East\u003c\/em\u003e gathers a diverse team of international scholars, each of whom provides unique expertise into the status and prospects of minority populations in the region. The dramatic events of the past decade, from the Arab Spring protests to the rise of the Islamic state, have brought the status of these populations onto centre stage. The overturn of various long-term autocratic governments in states such as Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen, and the ongoing threat to government stability in Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon have all contributed to a new assertion of majoritarian politics amid demands for democratization and regime change. In the midst of the dramatic changes and latent armed conflict, minority populations have been targeted, marginalized, and victimized. Calls for social and political change have led many to contemplate the ways in which citizenship and governance may be changed to accommodate minorities  or indeed i\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction: Reclaiming \"Minorities\" in the Middle East \u003cem\u003ePaul S. Rowe, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection One: Majority-Minority Relations in the Middle East, \u003c\/b\u003e2. Religious Minorities in the Diversity of Islamic Thought, \u003cem\u003eDavid D. Grafton, \u003c\/em\u003e3. Balancing Identities: Minorities and Arab Nationalism, \u003cem\u003eNoah Haiduc-Dale, \u003c\/em\u003e4. The Praxis of Islamist Models of Citizenship in a Post-Arab Revolt Middle East: Implications for Religious Pluralism, \u003cem\u003eMariz Tadros, \u003c\/em\u003e5. Minorities, Civil Society, and the State in the Contemporary Middle East: a Framework for Analysis\u003cem\u003ePaul Kingston, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Two: Religious Minorities, \u003c\/b\u003e6. Tracing the Coptic Question in Contemporary Egypt \u003cem\u003eVivian Ibrahim, \u003c\/em\u003e7. The Maronites \u003cem\u003eAlexander D. M. Henley, \u003c\/em\u003e8. Palestinian Christians: Situating Selves in a Dislocated Present \u003cem\u003eMark Daniel Calder, \u003c\/em\u003e9. Persistent Perseverance: a Trajectory of Assyrian History in the Modern Age \u003cem\u003eSargon George Donabed, \u003c\/em\u003e10. Christians from a Muslim Background in the Middle East \u003cem\u003eDuane Alexander Miller, \u003c\/em\u003e11. The Yezidis: an Ancient People, Tragedy, and Struggle for Survival \u003cem\u003eBirgül Aҫikyildiz-Sengül, \u003c\/em\u003e12. The Mandaeans in Iraq \u003cem\u003eShak Hanish, \u003c\/em\u003e13. Bahá’ís in the Middle East \u003cem\u003eGeoffrey Cameron with Nazila Ghanea, \u003c\/em\u003e14. The Alawites of Syria: the Costs of Minority Rule \u003cem\u003eLeon T. Goldsmith, \u003c\/em\u003e15. Particularism versus Integration: the Druze Communities in the Modern Middle East \u003cem\u003eYusri Hazran, \u003c\/em\u003e16. Alevis in Turkey \u003cem\u003eAli \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eÇarkoğlu and Ezgi Elçi, \u003c\/em\u003e17. The Samaritans \u003cem\u003eMonika Schreiber, \u003c\/em\u003e18. Shi’i Minorities in the Arab World \u003cem\u003eLaurence Louër, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Three: Ethnic Minorities \u003c\/b\u003e19. The Kurds in the Middle East \u003cem\u003eDavid Romano, \u003c\/em\u003e20. Armenians in the Middle East: from Marginalization to the Everyday \u003cem\u003eTsolin Nalbantian, \u003c\/em\u003e21. The Palestinian Minority in the State of Israel: Challenging Jewish Hegemony in Difficult Times \u003cem\u003eAviad Rubin, \u003c\/em\u003e22. The Bedouin in the Middle East \u003cem\u003eSarab Abu-Rabia-Queder, \u003c\/em\u003e23. The Berbers (Amazigh) \u003cem\u003eBruce Maddy-Weitzman \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Four: Emerging Issues and Minorities in the Middle East \u003c\/b\u003e24. Sitting at the Crossroads: Sexual Minorities in the Middle East \u003cem\u003eMerouan Mekouar and Jean Zaganiaris, \u003c\/em\u003e25. Minorities and Armed Conflict in the Middle East, \u003cem\u003ePaul S. Rowe, \u003c\/em\u003e26. Middle Eastern Minorities in Diaspora \u003cem\u003eAndreas Schmoller, \u003c\/em\u003e27. Middle Eastern Minorities and the Media \u003cem\u003eElizabeth Monier, \u003c\/em\u003e28. Western Advocacy on Behalf of Religious Minorities: Practical Reflections\u003cem\u003eChris Seiple and Andrew Doran, \u003c\/em\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577838211415,"sku":"9781138649040","price":204.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138649040.jpg?v=1746096885","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/routledge-handbook-of-minorities-in-the-middle-east-9781138649040","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}