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Author Costantini, Irene

Title Statebuilding in the Middle East and North Africa : the Aftermath of Regime Change
Published Milton : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (187 pages)
Series Routledge Studies in Intervention and Statebuilding Ser
Routledge Studies in Intervention and Statebuilding Ser
Contents Cover; Half title; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Maps; 1 Introduction; Problem statement and main argument; Case selection and methodology; Book outline; 2 On state transformation; A specific type of state; The mountain to climb: approaching the state; Changes in the design, functions and role of the state; Conclusion; 3 The state in the Middle East and North Africa; The state in the MENA region; The shadow state; The rentier state; The Islamic State; The trapped state; Conclusion; 4 Iraq and Libya: under the iron fist
The rise of revolutionary regimesRegime consolidation; Regime transformation and resilience; Representation, security and wealth distribution; Conclusion; 5 From 'armed liberalism' and R2P to statebuilding; Intervention in conflict-affected countries; From 'armed liberalism' to R2P; Conclusion; 6 Gone is the 'one man in command'; Political fragmentation; Exclusionary politics; Detachment from society; Representation and political authority in context; Conclusion; 7 From military regimes to militias' rule; Recreating a monopoly of violence; Militias on the rise; Security in context; Conclusion
8 Rentier states at warReliance on oil resources; The distribution of oil revenues; Beyond the oil economy; Wealth creation and distribution in context; Conclusion; 9 Conflict and the state in the Middle East and North Africa; Common lines across conflicts in the MENA region; Statebuilding intervention in the MENA region: what future?; Conclusion; 10 Conclusion; State functions, means, territory and institutions; Statebuilding and state formation; Conflict and the state in the MENA region; Index
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Subject Nation-building -- Middle East
Nation-building -- Africa, North
Regime change -- Iraq
Regime change -- Libya
Nation-building
Regime change
North Africa
Iraq
Libya
Middle East
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781351121347
1351121340