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 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. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Introduction....Pages 1-14 The Theoretical Framework....Pages 15-57 Genesis of the Western Model in Kuwait, Jordan, and Iraq....Pages 59-102 Kuwait: A Nation in the Minority....Pages 103-139 Jordan: The Competition of Different Constituencies....Pages 141-171 Iraq: Statehood in Catastrophe....Pages 173-209 Final Remarks and Projections....Pages 211-219 Back Matter....Pages 221-272