Focusing onΒ domestic political debates constraining cooperation, Del Sarto argues that internal disputes overΒ national identityΒ limit the ability of states to participate in regional forums. ThisΒ is a close look at problems faced in negotiating the Euro-Mediterranean PartnershipΒ as a regional securi
Contested State Identities and Regional Security in the Euro-Mediterranean Area
β Scribed by Raffaella A. Del Sarto (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 289
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Region-Building and Contested State Identities....Pages 9-28
Theoretical Framework....Pages 29-54
Historical Background and Regional Perspective....Pages 55-84
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Israel....Pages 87-129
Egypt....Pages 131-175
Morocco....Pages 177-220
Conclusion....Pages 221-233
Back Matter....Pages 235-281
β¦ Subjects
Comparative Politics; Political Science; International Relations; Military and Defence Studies
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