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Book SynopsisPlacing much-needed emphasis on the re-emergence of religion, this timely and vital volume offers a new, critical approach to the study of the volatile and evolving cultural, social and political landscapes of the Middle East.
Table of ContentsComparative Perspectives 1. Deniz Kandiyoti, From the Margins to The Centre? How Gender Politics Became A Litmus Test of Governance 2. Stathis Kalyvas, Arab Civil Wars: An Assessment Part I: States, Political Economies and Systematic Collapse 1. Mudher Al-Alwani, Iraqi Market and Ethnic-Sectarian Bioregionalism 2. Isam Al-Khafaji, Reconfiguring the State, Restructuring Communities 3. Virginie Collombier, Post-Qaddafi Libya: Political Agreements or A New Social Contract? 4. Adam Hanieh, State Formation In The Middle East: The GCC and the Political Economy of the Regional Scale 5. Shamel Azmeh, The Political Economy of Syria and Iraq) Part II: The Devolution of Violence: Militias, Security and War Economies 1. Omar Ashour, The (Military) Rise of Armed Non-State Actors: The Case of Isis 2. Hosham Dawood, Tribes and Violence in Armed Conflict: An Anthropologist's View 3. Frederic Wehrey, Hybridised Security Governance: The Case of Libya Part III: Reconfigurations of Religion: From the Margins to the Centre 1. Harout Akdedian, The Reconfiguration of the Religious Field in Syria: From Neoliberalism to State Atrophy and Beyond 2. Harith Hasan, Religious Actors, Political (Dis)Order and the Reconfiguration of Margincenter Relations In Iraq: The Case of the Shii Clerical Authority 3. Haider Saeed, The Sect and the Nation Part IV: Localities 1. Asya El-Meehy, Governance from Below: Comparing Local Experiments in Egypt and Syria After the Uprisings 2. Asma Jameel, Families of Daesh: Retribution and Forgiveness Part V: Jihadism and Local Networks 1. Hamzeh Al-Mustafa, Virtual Networks During the Syrian Revolution 2. Haenni, Patrick, The Reorganization and Securitization of Daesh Strongholds 3. Mazur, Kevin, Dayr Al-Zur From Revolution to Isis: Local Networks, Hybrid Identities and Outside Authorities Part VI: State Disaggregation and Geopolitics 1. Arjomand, Said, Daesh and Iran's Islamic Revolution in Historical Perspective 2. Kodmani, Bassma, The Future of the Syrian State 3. Saunders, Robert A., Extending the Katechon: Religio-Civilizational Vectors in Russia's Intervention in the Levant
