Hybrid Sovereignty in the Arab Middle East: The Cases of Kuwait, Jordan, and Iraq (The Middle East in Focus)

This book provides readers with a fresh analysis of the Arab state by using a new theoretical framework: hybrid sovereignty. The author examines various areas to make his argument: citizenship, the issue of minorities, electoral engineering, the failure of central rule, tribalism, and the lack of impersonal bureaucratic mechanism. This book provides readers with a fresh analysis of the Arab state by using a new theoretical framework: hybrid sovereignty. The author examines various areas to make his argument: citizenship, the issue of minorities, electoral engineering, the failure of central rule, tribalism, and the lack of impersonal bureaucratic mechanism Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 List of Tables and Figures......Page 8 Series Editor's Foreword......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 12 Introduction......Page 14 Showcasing the Case Studies......Page 22 Structure of the Book......Page 26 The Structural Nature of Hybrid Sovereignty......Page 28 The Construction of New State–Society Boundaries in the Middle East......Page 34 The Ottomans as the Pillar of the Western Model......Page 36 The Western Powers in the Region......Page 37 Hybrid Sovereignty......Page 43 Hybridity in the Literature: The Arab State as a Hybrid Sovereign......Page 49 The Identification of Hybridity......Page 54 Sampling Sovereignty Crisis in the Domestic Realm......Page 58 Injection of the Westphalian Model......Page 72 Ottoman-Era Modernization......Page 73 Kuwait: From Pearl to Oil......Page 74 Jordan: Ottoman Modernization Meets the Colonial West......Page 84 Iraq: The Daring Project of Colonialism......Page 95 The Common Condition......Page 115 3 Kuwait: A Nation in the Minority......Page 116 The Political and Social Consequences of Rentierism......Page 120 Foreign Policy and Rentierism......Page 132 The Problem of Defining People: Domestic Sovereignty Crises......Page 135 A New Approach?......Page 149 4 Jordan: The Competition of Different Constituencies......Page 154 The Palestinian Question......Page 156 The Failure of Citizenship......Page 160 The Failure of Central Authority......Page 166 Tribalism......Page 170 Palestinians Today: The Continuing Crisis of Sovereignty......Page 172 Liberalization: A New Social Contract?......Page 177 Status Quo versus Reform......Page 183 Conclusion......Page 184 Introduction......Page 186 Defining the Problem......Page 188 War Effects: Toward a New Hybrid Bargain......Page 192 The Official Tribalism......Page 193 The Sunni–Shi'i Split......Page 196 The Emancipation of Shi'ism......Page 201 The Shi'a and the Radical Sovereignty Crisis in Iraq......Page 202 The Kurdish Problem......Page 204 Transformation of the Sovereignty Crisis......Page 212 The Continuing Hybridity......Page 221 6 Final Remarks and Projections......Page 224 Notes......Page 234 Bibliography......Page 254 C......Page 280 I......Page 281 N......Page 282 S......Page 283 W......Page 284 Z......Page 285 This Book Provides Readers With A Fresh Analysis Of The Arab State By Using A New Theoretical Framework: Hybrid Sovereignty. Hybrid Sovereignty Is Used As An Analytical Tool To Explain The Survival Of Traditional Patterns And Forms Of Authority Within The Formal Modern Statehood. The Author Looks At Various Issue Areas To Make His Argument: Citizenship, The Issue Of Minorities, Electoral Engineering, The Failure Of Central Rule, Tribalism, And The Lack Of Impersonal Bureaucratic Mechanism. He Concludes That Based On The Problems At State-society Level Boundaries Of Statehood, The Arab State Can Be Identified As Hybrid-sovereign. The Theoretical Framework * The Genesis Of Western Model In Kuwait, Jordan And Iraq * Kuwait: A Nation In The Minority * Jordan: The Competition Of Different Constitutiencies * Iraq: Statehood In Catastrophe * Final Remarks And A Few Projects. Gokhan Bacik. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [241]-265) And Index. This book presents a fresh analysis of the Arab state by using a new theoretical framework: hybrid sovereignty. Hybrid sovereignty is used as an analytical tool to explain the survival of traditional patterns and forms of authority within the formal modern statehood. The author looks at various issue areas to make his argument: citizenship, the issue of minorities, electoral engineering, the failure of central rule, tribalism, and the lack of impersonal bureaucratic mechanism. He concludes that based on the problems at state-society level boundaries of statehood, the Arab state can be identified as hybrid-sovereign.