The Levant in Turmoil
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"A collection of nine scholarly essays by prominent experts, The Levant in Turmoil: Syria, Palestine, and the Transformation of Middle Eastern Politics is a multidisciplinary work about how the ongoing Syrian civil war is transforming the geography, history, and culture of the Levant. . The Levant in Turmoil: Syria, Palestine, and the Transformation of Middle Eastern Politics will be of interest to both students and scholars alike whose scholarship focuses on the broader Middle East." (ASQ - Arab Studies Quarterly, Vol. 39 (1), 2017)
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Dietrich Jung is Professor and Head of Department at the Centre for Contemporary Middle East Studies, University of Southern Denmark. He has published widely on wars and conflicts in the Middle East, as well as on modern Islam.
Peter Seeberg is Associate Professor and Director of the DJUCO-project, an academic cooperation project in Amman, Jordan, since 2009 funded by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (www.djuco.org).
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Introduction: Political Turmoil and Social Transformation in the Levant; Martin Beck, Dietrich Jung, and Peter Seeberg
1. Syria's Civil War and the Reconfiguration of Regional Politics; Fred H. Lawson
2. Deadly Implications: The Rise of Sectarianism in Syria; Peter Sluglett
3. Conflict, Governance and Decentralized Authority in Syria; Samer N. Abboud
4. The Syrian Refugee Crisis And Its Impact On Jordan: In Reference to the Regime's Structural Deficits; Simone Hüser
5. The Crisis in Syria, International and Regional Sanctions and the Transformation of the Political Order in the Levant; Peter Seeberg
6. The 'Syrian Effects' and the Regional Quest for Human Dignity in the New Syrian, Egyptian and Tunesian Constitutions; Mervat F. Hatem
7. Israel and a Palestinian State: Redrawing Lines?; Lorenzo Kamel
8. Failed Attempts or Faliures to Attempt? Western Policies toward PalestinianStatehood; Martin Beck
9. Turmoil in the Levant: Inconclusive Conclusions; Dietrich Jung
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