Title
Federal solutions for fragile states in the Middle East : right-sizing internal borders
Place of publication
London : London :
Publishing house
World Scientific Publishing Europe, World Scientific Publishing Europe,
Year of publication
2021. 2021.
Object passwords
Bezpieczeństwo międzynarodowe
Additional information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The state and the problem of legitimate order in the Middle East -- Why federalism? -- Syria : not if, but when -- Iraq : a work in progress -- Yemen : in search of stability -- Libya : back to the future?
Summary
"In most regions of the world, federalism (territorial autonomy) is used as a successful institutional means of dispersing political power and accommodating ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity. The Middle East is an exception. Aside from the anomalous case of the U.A.E and Iraq's troubled experiment with federalism, Middle Eastern regimes have largely resisted efforts to decentralize political power. As a result, the norm in the region has been highly centralized, unitary systems that have
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%a Federal solutions for fragile states in the Middle East :
%b right-sizing internal borders /
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%a London :%a London :
%b World Scientific Publishing Europe,%b World Scientific Publishing Europe,
%c 2021.%c 2021.
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%a XXVIII, 315 s.;
%c 24 cm.
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%a Includes bibliographical references and index.
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%a The state and the problem of legitimate order in the Middle East -- Why federalism? -- Syria : not if, but when -- Iraq : a work in progress -- Yemen : in search of stability -- Libya : back to the future?
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%a "In most regions of the world, federalism (territorial autonomy) is used as a successful institutional means of dispersing political power and accommodating ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity. The Middle East is an exception. Aside from the anomalous case of the U.A.E and Iraq's troubled experiment with federalism, Middle Eastern regimes have largely resisted efforts to decentralize political power. As a result, the norm in the region has been highly centralized, unitary systems that have
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%a Bezpieczeństwo międzynarodowe
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%a Polityka międzynardowa.
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%a Shannon, Vaughn
%e author.