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Fred H. Lawson - Constructing International Relations in the Arab World - 9780804753722 - V9780804753722
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Constructing International Relations in the Arab World

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Description for Constructing International Relations in the Arab World Hardback. This study shows how mutually antagonistic states took shape in the Arab world during the first half of the 20th century, and argues that process was driven by domestic political conflicts. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.

This book explores the emergence of an anarchic states-system in the twentieth-century Arab world. Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Arab nationalist movements first considered establishing a unified regional arrangement to take the empire's place and present a common front to outside powers. But over time different Arab leaderships abandoned this project and instead adopted policies characteristic of self-interested, territorially limited states.

In his explanation of this phenomenon, the author shifts attention away from older debates about the origins and development of Arab nationalism and analyzes instead how different nationalist leaderships changed the ways that they carried on ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804753722
SKU
V9780804753722
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99-28

About Fred H. Lawson
Fred H. Lawson is Professor of Government at Mills College. He is the author of Why Syria Goes to War (1996) and Bahrain: The Modernization of Autocracy (1989).

Reviews for Constructing International Relations in the Arab World
"...This book is a useful contribution to the literature on international relations of the Middle East and points the way to future research on state formation in the region."
International Journal of Middle East Studies "The occasional contrast between the shortness of the book and the big questions it deals with does not take away from Lawson's excellent analysis ... Read more

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