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From Resilience to Revolution: How Foreign Interventions Destabilize the Middle East
Sean L. Yom
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Description for From Resilience to Revolution: How Foreign Interventions Destabilize the Middle East
Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics. Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 graphs, 1 figures. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Based on comparative historical analyses of Iran, Jordan, and Kuwait, Sean L. Yom examines the foreign interventions, coalitional choices, and state outcomes that made the political regimes of the modern Middle East. A key text for foreign policy scholars, From Resilience to Revolution shows how outside interference can corrupt the most basic choices of governance: who to reward, who to punish, who to compensate, and who to manipulate. As colonial rule dissolved in the 1930s and 1950s, Middle Eastern autocrats constructed new political states to solidify their reigns, with varying results. Why did equally ambitious authoritarians meet such unequal ... Read more
Based on comparative historical analyses of Iran, Jordan, and Kuwait, Sean L. Yom examines the foreign interventions, coalitional choices, and state outcomes that made the political regimes of the modern Middle East. A key text for foreign policy scholars, From Resilience to Revolution shows how outside interference can corrupt the most basic choices of governance: who to reward, who to punish, who to compensate, and who to manipulate. As colonial rule dissolved in the 1930s and 1950s, Middle Eastern autocrats constructed new political states to solidify their reigns, with varying results. Why did equally ambitious authoritarians meet such unequal ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231175647
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V9780231175647
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About Sean L. Yom
Sean L. Yom is assistant professor of political science at Temple University. His research focuses on the comparative politics of the Middle East, especially the dynamics and effects of authoritarianism, democracy, and U.S. foreign policy.
Reviews for From Resilience to Revolution: How Foreign Interventions Destabilize the Middle East
A valuable work that makes a strong contribution to the study of Middle Eastern politics.
Michael Herb, Georgia State University This outstanding work of comparative political history shows the complex interaction between the global and the local and the enduring effects of choices made during constitutive moments in state formation. Washington Post - 15 Best Middle East Books [A] ... Read more
Michael Herb, Georgia State University This outstanding work of comparative political history shows the complex interaction between the global and the local and the enduring effects of choices made during constitutive moments in state formation. Washington Post - 15 Best Middle East Books [A] ... Read more