Urban Unrest in the Middle East: A Comparative Study of Informal Networks in Egypt, Iran, and LebanonSUNY Press, 01/01/1993 - 310 من الصفحات This book offers a systematic examination of the politics of Middle Eastern cities in a broad historical and comparative context. Focusing on the contribution of informal networks, the author examines four types. He reveals that, contrary to recent claims, informal associations do not necessarily play a stabilizing role in urban politics, but reveal themselves to be effective instruments for mobilizing popular dissent. Denoeux identifies conditions under which these informal urban networks can change their role from system-supportive to system-challenging. His analysis highlights the impact of Islam on contemporary forms of urban violence in the Middle East, and emphasizes the destabilizing potential for the urban poor. His approach sheds new light on the politics of Islamic fundamentalism and on the nature of urban unrest in a vital yet neglected region of the world and represents a very significant contribution to an emerging literature on informal political processes. |
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Theoretical and Comparative Issues | 11 |
Informal Networks and Political Stability Old and New Perspectives | 13 |
Urban Networks as Destabilizing Forces | 21 |
Informal Networks in the Traditional Middle Eastern Urban Political Economy | 27 |
Informal Networks as Integrative Force and medium of Government in the Historic Middle Eastern City | 29 |
Networks as Vehicles for Political Protest in the Historic Middle Eastern City | 45 |
Urban Networks ca 1800 ca 1940 Contrasting Egypt and Iran | 55 |
The Politics of Informal Networks in the Historic Middle Eastern City Concluding Observations | 71 |
The Changing Organizational Bases of Urban Unrest in the Middle East since World War II An Overview with Special Reference to Egypt Iran and L... | 87 |
PatronClient Networks and Urban Unrest in Iran Lebanon and Egypt | 99 |
Occupational Networks and Political Conflict The Iranian Bazaar | 135 |
Religious Networks and Urban Unrest | 149 |
Conclusion | 193 |
Notes | 225 |
Data on Urban Growth in the Middle East | 259 |
Bibliography | 265 |
The Politics of Informal Networks and Loyalties in the Making of ModernDay Lebanon | 77 |
Informal Networks and Urban Unrest Evidence From Egypt Iran and Lebanon since the 1940s | 85 |
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