Minorities And The State In The Arab World

✍ Scribed by Ofra Bengio, Gabriel Ben-Dor

• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 157
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This text offers a comprehensive discussion of minorities and ethnic politics in eight Arab countries. Focusing on the strategic political chaos made by minorities, majorities and regimes in power, the authors point to probable future developments in majority-minority relations in the region.

✦ Table of Contents

EEn......Page 1
TOC......Page 2
Preface......Page 3
1. Minorities in the Middle East: Theory and Practice......Page 4
2. The Berber Question in Algeria: Nationalism in the Making?......Page 24
3. Egypt's Coptic Pandora's Box......Page 40
4. Religion and Conflict in Sudan: A Non-Muslim Minority in the Muslim State......Page 54
5. The Palestinians in Jordan: Demographic Majoirty, Political Minority......Page 65
6. From Hegemony to Marginalism: The Maronites of Lebanon......Page 79
7. The 'Alawis, Lords of Syria: From Ethnic Minority to Ruling Sect......Page 92
8. Nation Building in Multiethnic Societies: The Case of Iraq......Page 105
9. The Shi'is in Bahrain: Class and Religious Protest......Page 121
10. The State and Minorities Toward the Twenty-first Century: An Overview......Page 134
Selected Bibliography......Page 145