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Businessmen in Arms
How the Military and Other Armed Groups Profit in the MENA Region|
104,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 29.04.2016 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781442254565 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 310 |
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<span><span>The Arab Uprisings have brought renewed attention to the role of the military in the MENA region, where they are either the backbone of regime power or a crucial part of patronage networks in political systems. This collection of essays from international experts examines the economic interests of armed actors ranging from military businesses in Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Jordan, Sudan, and Yemen to retired military officers’ economic endeavors and the web of funding of non-state armed groups in Syria and Libya. Due to the combined power of business and arms, the military often manages to incorporate or quell competing groups and thus, to revert achievements of revolutionary movements. </span></span>
<span><span>This collection of essays from international experts examines the economic interests of armed actors ranging from military businesses in Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Jordan, Sudan, and Yemen to retired military officers’ economic endeavors and the web of funding of non-state armed groups in Syria and Libya.</span></span>
<span><span>List of Figures and Tables<br>Foreword<br>Acknowledgments<br>List of Abbreviations<br>Introduction: Political Economy of the Military and Non-State Armed Groups in the Middle East and North Africa, by Elke Grawert<br>Chapter 1: Egypt’s Adaptable Officers: Business, Nationalism, and Discontent, by Zeinab Abul-Magd<br>Chapter 2: Businessmen in Boots – Pakistan’s Entrepreneurial Military, by Ayesha Siddiqa<br>Chapter 3: The Conglomerate of the Turkish Military (OYAK) and the Dynamics of Turkish Capitalism, by İsmet Akça<br>Chapter 4: All the Sepah's Men: Iran's Revolutionary Guards in Theory and Practice, by Kevan Harris<br>Chapter 5: Jordan’s Military-Industrial Sector: Maintaining Institutional Prestige in the Era of Neoliberalism, by Shana Marshall<br>Chapter 6: Civil-Military Relations in Sudan: Negotiating Political Transition in a Turbulent Economy, by Atta El-Battahani<br>Chapter 7: Patronage Politics in Transition: Political and Economic Interests of the Yemeni Armed Forces, by Adam C. Seitz<br>Chapter 8: Libya’s Tentative State Rebuilding: Militias' “Moral Economy,” Violence, and Financing (In)Security, by Philippe Droz-Vincent<br>Chapter 9: Syria’s Army, Militias, and Non-State Armed Groups: Ideology, Funding, and Shifting Landscape, by Sherifa Zuhur<br>Conclusion and Outlook, by Elke Grawert<br>Appendix<br>A: Glossary of Arab Words<br>B: Maps<br>C: Tables<br>D: References<br>List of Contributors<br>Index</span></span>
<span><span>Elke Grawert</span><span> is a political scientist and senior researcher at Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC). She teaches at the Institute of Political Science and Sociology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany. <br><br></span><span>Zeinab Abul-Magd</span><span> is an associate professor of Middle Eastern history at Oberlin College and the American University in Cairo. <br><br></span><span>Contributors</span><span>:<br>İsmet Akça, assistant professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Yıldız Technical University, Turkey.<br><br>Atta El-Battahani, professor of political science, University of Khartoum, Sudan, and Senior Advisor for International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) in Sudan. <br><br>Philippe Droz-Vincent, professor of political science and international relations, Sciences-Po Grenoble, France.<br><br>Kevan Harris, sociologist and associate director at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, Princeton University. <br><br>Shana Marshall, associate director of the Institute for Middle East Studies, George Washington University. <br><br>Adam C. Seitz, senior research associate for Middle East Studies at the Marine Corps University, Quantico, VA. <br><br>Ayesha Siddiqa, independent social scientist based in Pakistan. The first Pakistan fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars, she also served with the Pakistan Navy as Director of Naval Research.<br><br>Sherifa Zuhur, senior analyst at the Middle East Desk for Wikistrat and associate editor of the </span><span>Review of Middle East Studies for Contemporary Conflicts and Systems</span><span>. <br></span></span>
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