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Political Narratives in the Middle East and North Africa: Conceptions of Order and Perceptions of Instability

by Wolfgang Mühlberger
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9783030352196
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Springer
  • Publisher Imprint: Springer
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 187
  • Original Price: EUR 99.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: 2020
  • Item Weight: 304 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): World / Middle Eastern, World / African, and Security (National & International)

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This book discusses the role of political narratives in shaping perceptions of instability and conceptions of order in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The authors illustrate how, in times of socio-political turmoil and outbursts of discontent such as the Arab Spring, political entrepreneurs explain and justify their political agendas by complementing hard power solutions with attractive ideas and discursive constructions that appeal to domestic constituencies and geopolitical allies.

The book is divided into two parts. The first focuses on non-state actors, such as confessional communities and ideological movements, who aim to develop narratives that are convincing to their respective polities. It also studies regional powers that seek to determine their positions in a competitive environment via distinctive narrations of order. In part two, the authors investigate the narratives of global players that aim to explain and justify their role in an evolving international order.

Wolfgang Mühlberger is a Senior Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, where his work focuses on the MENA region and Euro-Mediterranean relations. Previously he worked as a researcher at the Austrian Defence Academy (Institute for Conflict Management and Peace Support), as Director of Government Relations MENA with the Economist Intelligence Unit and as Political Officer for the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ramallah/oPt. His research interests include political transitions, conflict analysis as well as militant and political Islamic organisations. Wolfgang received his M.Phil. in Islamic and Arabic Studies and his M.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration while conducting research and learning Arabic in Morocco, Tunisia, Syria and Yemen. He is the author, co-author and editor of over 50 publications, including two monographs on progressive Muslim reformers and Syrian civil war scenarios.

Toni Alaranta has obtained his PhD in Social Sciences from University of Helsinki, Finland, in 2012. Currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, his main field of interests are Turkish politics and history, Kemalism, and international relations of the modern period.

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