商品簡介
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. Control of businesses producing both military and civilian goods, retention of financial, material, or military support, and allocation of lucrative administrative or political positions to armed actors appear to be entrenched economic pillars of the military power in the region. Armed groups engaging in anti-regime struggles, as well as civilian oppositions, are facing enormous structural challenges rooted in the political economy of the military. 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. The book provides a unique comparative analysis of the growing role of the militaries in MENA political economies through a wide range of case studies.
作者簡介
Elke Grawert is a political scientist and senior researcher at Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC). She has been teaching since 1993 at the Institute of Political Science and Sociology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany.
Zeinab Abul-Magd is an associate professor of Middle Eastern history at Oberlin College and the American University in Cairo.
Contributors:
Ismet Akca, assistant professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Yildiz Technical University, Turkey.
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.
Philippe Droz-Vincent, professor of political science and international relations, Sciences-Po Grenoble, France.
Kevan Harris, sociologist and associate director at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, Princeton University.
Shana Marshall, associate director of the Institute for Middle East Studies, George Washington University.
Adam C. Seitz, senior research associate for Middle East Studies at the Marine Corps University, Quantico, VA.
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.
Sherifa Zuhur, senior analyst at the Middle East Desk for Wikistrat and associate editor of theReview of Middle East Studies for Contemporary Conflicts and Systems.
