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Middle Eastern Societies in the 20th Century

Author
Zdanowski, Jerzy, 1949-
Published
Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2014]
Copyright Date
©2014
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 375 pages) : map
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Contents
Ch. One The Geographical Environment, Demography and Human Capital -- 1.1. Where is the Middle East? -- 1.2. Geography -- 1.3. Resources -- 1.4. Natural resources and democracy -- 1.5. Global warming -- 1.6. The dynamics of the population growth -- 1.7. Fertility -- 1.8. The age structure -- 1.9. Education -- ch. Two Family, Women and the Young Generation -- 2.1. Family relationships -- 2.2. Patriarchy -- 2.3. Islamic law and the emancipation of women -- 2.4. Woman in a public space -- 2.5. Generation of the young -- 2.6. Is this the cultural code change? -- ch. Three Classes, Elites, and Social Mobility -- 3.1. Societies of the Middle East -- structural features -- 3.2. The social classes of the Middle East -- 3.3. The class structure and clientelism -- 3.4. Tribes and tribalism -- 3.5. The deficit of arable land -- 3.6. The fall of the large landowners -- 3.7. The authoritarianism -- 3.8. The new middle class -- 3.9. Social mobility and politics., Ch. Four Religious and Ethnic Minorities -- 4.1. Millets -- 4.2. Towards a national community -- 4.3. New survival strategies -- 4.3.1. Political quietism -- 4.3.2. The chameleon strategy -- 4.3.3. The strategy of building of a nation state -- 4.4. The victory of the Zionists and the exodus of the Jews -- ch. Five The Economic Migrations -- 5.1. Social security and unemployment -- 5.2. Unemployment in the Middle East -- 5.3. Travelling for work throughout the world -- 5.3.1. Internal migration -- 5.3.2. Migration from and to the Arab world -- 5.3.3. Emigration from Turkey and Iran -- 5.4. The cultural consequences of migration -- ch. Six Refugees -- 6.1. Resettlement in the Ottoman Empire -- 6.2. The extermination of the Armenians -- 6.3. The tragedy of Smyrna -- 6.4. Refugees after World War II -- 6.5. The Arab Spring and new refugees -- ch. Seven Cities -- 7.1. The pace of urbanization -- 7.2. Types of Middle Eastern cities -- 7.3. Cairo -- 7.4. Tehran -- 7.5. Istanbul., and Ch. Eight Developmental Challenges -- 8.1. Capitalism model -- which one? -- 8.2. Central planning -- 8.3. The Arab world -- towards a market economy -- 8.4. Turkey: between statism and liberalism -- 8.5. Integrating with the world -- 8.6. The effects of the global crisis of 2008 -- 8.7. Islamism and development -- 8.8. The experiments in Iran -- ch. Nine The Arab Spring 2011 -- 9.1. The determinants -- 9.2. Macroeconomic indicators and social expectations -- 9.3. Public sector -- a new proletariat -- 9.4. Is this the twilight of liberalism in the Middle East? -- 9.5. The need for efficient management and problems with privatization -- 9.6. Islamists in power -- 9.7. The significance of the Arab Spring.
Summary
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the last 100 years in the Middle East from the perspective of social history. It is apt to date the beginning of the modern Middle East to the industrialization era, while it extends its reach into the present. Taking its lead from modernization theory, this book illustrates past expectations of the present and helps to understand everyday occurrences rather than sensational events. It adopts a multi-disciplinary perspective and concentrates on t ...
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9781443869591 (electronic bk.)
1443869597 (electronic bk.)
1443866067
9781443866064
1443866067 (print)
9781443866064 (print)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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