
Statecraft in the Middle East
Foreign Policy, Domestic Politics and Security
Imad Mansour(Author)
I.B. Tauris (Publisher)
Published on 30. September 2016
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-78453-580-3 (ISBN)
Description
What role do ideas play in state-building and state activity? Thisbook argues that government policies in both foreign relationsand domestic politics must always be situated within a broaderideational and societal context. Imad Mansour analyses how governments in thecontemporary Middle East have governed internally and acted externally basedon societal narratives, which bring together a variety of ideas about a society'shistory and place in the world. He argues that there is a dominant societalnarrative that acts as a primary building block of statecraft, where statecraftis understood as an ongoing set of local, regional and global state-buildingprocesses. Mansour investigates the ways in which statecraft in the Middle Easthas been guided by narratives through a close historical reading and comparativediscussion of the political activity of six states - Egypt, Israel, Syria, Turkey,Saudi Arabia and Iran - in the second half of the twentieth century and the earlytwenty-first century. His book demonstrates the analytical power of narrativesin understanding statecraft and explains why governments' decisions need to beunderstood in complex ways.
Reviews / Votes
'Well written and authoritative and will make a really helpful addition to the literature for general students of international relations as well as regional specialists.' - James Mayall, Emeritus Professor of International Relations, University of Cambridge, 'Imad Mansour's Statecraft in the Middle East successfully combines an innovative theoretical approach with careful empirical analysis and proposes a new and compelling understanding of statecraft in the Middle East. The conceptual depth and empirical richness are certain to make its research questions and findings of interest to a wide audience both inside and outside academia.' - Michael Brecher, R B Angus Professor of Political Science, McGill University, `important and innovative' - Louise Fawcett, The Middle East Journal, `Well written and authoritative and will make a really helpful addition to the literature for general students of international relations as well as regional specialists.' - Professor James Mayall, Emeritus Professor of International Relations, University of Cambridge, `Imad Mansour's Statecraft in the Middle East successfully combines an innovative theoretical approach with careful empirical analysis and proposes a new and compelling understanding of statecraft in the Middle East. The conceptual depth and empirical richness are certain to make its research questions and findings of interest to a wide audience both inside and outside academia.' - Professor Michael Brecher, R B Angus Professor of Political Science, McGill UniversityMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
3 Maps
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
484 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78453-580-3 (9781784535803)
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Person
Imad Mansour is Assistant Professor of International Affairs at the University of Qatar. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Campus Moyen-Orient Mediterranee of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po Paris) and holds a PhD from McGill University where he was also Faculty Lecturer. He previously studied at the American University of Beirut."
Content
Content
A Framework for Analysing Statecraft
Statecraft in Egypt
Statecraft in Israel
Statecraft in Syria
Statecraft in Turkey
Statecraft in Saudi Arabia
Statecraft in Iran
Concluding Remarks: The Arab Spring, Theoretical Observations on Statecraft and Future Research
Bibliography
A Framework for Analysing Statecraft
Statecraft in Egypt
Statecraft in Israel
Statecraft in Syria
Statecraft in Turkey
Statecraft in Saudi Arabia
Statecraft in Iran
Concluding Remarks: The Arab Spring, Theoretical Observations on Statecraft and Future Research
Bibliography