The Middle East: a region without regionalism or the end of exceptionalism?

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This article analyzes the effects of trends in economic liberalization in the Middle East on the impluse to regionalization, from which the area is generally considered exempt. The author suggests that the middle class curb state autonomy and their interests coincide with the prospects of a unified economic market; he concludes that Arab regional economic integraton cannot be forced.

Economic aspects, Economic policy, Regionalism, Middle classes, Middle class

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Islamism and social movement theory

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The concept of 'imagined solidarities', which might help illustrate modes of solidarity building in closed political settings such as the contemporary Muslim Middle East is proposed. It is argued that a more fluid and fragmented understanding of social movements, which might better explain the differentiated and changing disposition of such movements as Islamism.

Influence, Islam, Religious aspects, Social movements

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The geopolitics of water in the Middle East: Fantasies and realities

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Scarcity of water is considered as a big issue by most of the experts and public discourse on Middle Eastern water politics. Water scarcities in the region's poorest areas are engendering local social conflicts, malnutrition and ill health and also, famine.

Health aspects, Natural resources, Social problems, Water shortages

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