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The Politics of Islam in Europe and North America, POMEPS Studies 32
Description: There has traditionally been a wide divide between the study of the politics of Islam in the Middle East and in the West. Middle East-focused research in American political science has focused in great depth on issues such as political mobilization, social service provision, electoral... Author: Lynch, Marc and Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Keyword: North Africa, Middle East, Political Science, International Relations, Islam, POMEPS Studies, Europe, and United States GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article -
Social Policy in the Middle East and North Africa, POMEPS Studies 31
Description: This spring, major protests swept through Jordan over economic grievances and subsidy reforms. In July, protestors took to the streets in the south of Iraq, demanding that the government address persistent unemployment, underdevelopment, and corruption. Meanwhile, earlier in 2018, Tunisians... Author: Lynch, Marc and Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Keyword: North Africa, Social policy, Middle East, Political Science, International Relations, Islam, and POMEPS Studies GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article -
The Politics of Post-Conflict Reconstruction, POMEPS Studies 30
Description: Reconstruction following the devastating wars and state failure which followed the Arab uprisings of 2011 has become an increasingly pressing issue. In Iraq, the liberation of territories from the Islamic State came at great human and infrastructural cost. In Syria, the reconquest of territories... Author: Lynch, Marc and Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Keyword: North Africa, Middle East, Political Science, International Relations, Islam, and POMEPS Studies GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article -
Female Autonomy in Traditional Islamic Spirituality & Contemporary Secular Feminism
Description: This study seeks to understand how the concept of female autonomy, particularly female spiritual autonomy, is constructed in traditional Islamic spirituality (Sufism), as compared to contemporary secular feminism.The central argument is that the latter is limited in conceptualizing the full scope... Author: El-Yacoubi, Kelly Brewer Keyword: Autonomy, Women, Feminism, Islam, Qur'an, and Sufism GW Unit: Islamic Studies Degree: M.A. Advisor: Faghfoory, Mohammed Resource Type: Thesis or Dissertation -
Adaptation Strategies of Islamist Movements, POMEPS Studies 26
Description: Long repressed, banned, and exiled, many Islamist movements and parties across the Middle East and North Africa witnessed a moment of electoral success after the 2011 uprisings. Since then, their fates have varied widely. Some have made significant compromises to stay in power, others have... Author: Lynch, Marc and Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Keyword: North Africa, Middle East, International relations, Arab Spring, Islam, POMEPS Studies, and Political science GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article -
Visions of Gulf Security, POMEPS Studies 7
Description: The turbulence in Gulf security politics today is difficult to miss: unusually sharp public splits in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), rising sectarian tensions, tough moves against the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist movements, and markedly harsh crackdowns on even minor forms of public... Author: Lynch, Marc and Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Keyword: North Africa, Middle East, Political Science, International Relations, Gulf, Islam, and POMEPS Studies GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article -
Rethinking Islamist Politics, POMEPS Studies 6
Description: The Arab uprisings of 2011 radically reshaped the environment within which Islamist movements had evolved over the preceding decades, causing rapid, disorienting changes in their strategies, ideologies, and organizations. The last three years have produced an enormous amount of new information... Author: Lynch, Marc and Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Keyword: North Africa, Middle East, Political Science, International Relations, Islam, and POMEPS Studies GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article -
The Politics of Sectarianism, POMEPS Studies 4
Description: A group of Syrian-Americans arrived at an academic conference at Lehigh University last week in Bashar al-Assad t-shirts and draped in Syrian flags adorned with Assad’s face. They repeatedly heckled and interrupted speakers, and one told an opposition figure that he deserved a bullet in the head.... Author: Lynch, Marc and Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Keyword: North Africa, Middle East, Political Science, International Relations, Islam, and Sectarianism GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article -
Islamism in the IS Age, POMEPS Studies 12
Description: The “IS-ification of Islamist politics,” in Khalil al-Anani’s felicitous phrase, has reshaped the ideological and strategic incentives for Islamist groups and their adversaries. It has also posed a new challenge to the categories, concepts and expectations of the academics who study them. In... Author: Lynch, Marc and Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Keyword: North Africa, Middle East, Political Science, International Relations, Islam, POMEPS Studies, and Islamism GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article -
Local Politics and Islamist Movements, POMEPS Studies 27
Description: Scholars and policymakers have increasingly recognized that Islamist movements and actors vary widely – from domestically oriented, quietist movements engaging in democratic systems to revolutionary, armed movements aiming to upend the nation-state system. Yet little has been done to understand... Author: Lynch, Marc and Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Keyword: North Africa, Middle East, International relations, Islamism, Islam, POMEPS Studies, Political science, and Local politics GW Unit: Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Resource Type: Article
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