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Provides a holistic overview of the factors that triggered the Arab Spring to slip into a state of insecurity
Analyses the socio-political dynamics of the Arab Spring through a conceptual lens
Critiques regional security in the Middle East from the unique perspective of individual and communal security
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book examines the connection between socio-politics and security in the Arab World. In an effort to understand the social and political developments that have been on-going in the Arab World since the 1990s, culminating in the Arab Spring, Krieg moves beyond liberal deterministic assumptions - most notably that the promotion of liberal values and democracy are the panacea for the structural problems of the region. Instead, this text advances the case that grievances related to individual security needs are at the heart of regional insecurity and instability. Looking towards the future, the author asserts that regimes can only be resilient if they are able to provide for individual security inclusively. When regimes fail to cater for public security, they might be replaced by alternative non-state security providers.
Reviews
“Looking at individual and communal security as the key component of regional stability, the book builds on the “myth of authoritarian security” and explains why the scholarly community missed the Arab Spring. Krieg advances the debate in the literature by proposing new ways of defining security in the Arab world.” (Ibrahim Fraihat, author of “Unfinished Revolutions” and former senior foreign policy fellow at Brookings Institution’s Doha Center, Qatar)
Authors and Affiliations
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War & Defence Studies, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
Andreas Krieg
About the author
Andreas Krieg is Assistant Professor for Defence Studies at King's College London. He is currently seconded to the defence academy of the Qatari Armed Forces in Doha. Dr Krieg's research in the field of security and conflict studies particularly focuses on the Middle East as a region in transition.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Socio-Political Order and Security in the Arab World
Book Subtitle: From Regime Security to Public Security
Authors: Andreas Krieg
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52243-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-52242-5Published: 01 April 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84857-0Published: 21 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-52243-2Published: 27 March 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 281
Number of Illustrations: 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Middle Eastern Politics, International Security Studies