Upheavals in the Middle East - The Theory and Practice of a Revolution

Informationen zum Autor Ronen A. Cohen is assistant professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies and Political Science, and senior researcher at the Middle East Research Center at Ariel University. Cohen has published several books, including: The Rise and Fall of the Mojahedin Khalq, 1987-1997: Their Survival after the Islamic Revolution and Resistance to the Islamic Republic of Iran and The Hojjatiyeh Society in Iran: Ideology and Practice from the 1950s to the Present. Klappentext Upheavals in the Middle East: The Theory and Practice of a Revolution offers theoretical discussion of revolutionary events and applies the resulting framework to a number of case studies from the Middle East. It deals with seventeen case studies from a range of Muslim and Arab states and provides a theoretical framework to study other situations all over the world, including cases from the recent Arab Spring. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part One: Theoretical ApproachesChapter I: Historical Background - Revolutions in TheoriesChapter II: Essential Components to Revolutionary Evolution and Development -Theoretical ApproachChapter III: Revolution and Its Intellectuals - The Formation of New and Dynamic PoliticsChapter IV: Fundamentalism and the Emergence of the Traditional Forces Part Two: Case Studies Analysis-The Middle East States, Opposition Groups, Underground and Political MovementsPart Two: IntroductionChapter V: Algeria - National Liberation Front - FLNChapter VI: EgyptChapter VII: IranChapter VIII: IraqChapter IX: Sudan - The MahdiyyahChapter X: SyriaChapter XI: TurkeyPart Three: Case Studies Analysis-Anti-State Paradigm in Terror Organizations' Agenda / Sub-State Fundamental OrganizationsChapter XII: Al-QaedaChapter XIII: Black September OrganizationChapter XIV: HamasChapter XV: TalibanChapter XVI: ConclusionsChapter XVII: Epilogue - The Arab Spring

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Ronen A. Cohen, Ronen A. Cohen, Ronen A. Dr. Cohen
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.02.2014
• EAN: 9780739176658
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-7665-8
• No. of pages: 318
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Middle East / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Middle East, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Revolutionary groups & movements, Middle Eastern history, Revolutionary groups and movements, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions