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Factionalism in Social Movements
This research unpacks the reasons of the Muslim Brotherhood’s factionalism post-2013 and defines the scope of disagreements within the group, by applying an interactionist approach to factionalism. This approach analyzes the interplay between the macro-, meso-, and micro- dimensions. The research re-constructs the narrative of Muslim Brotherhood's factionalism post-2013, and includes the implicit micro-structural dimensions of the factional process, thereby proposing a more comprehensive narrative to the conflict.
Die Proteste gegen den libanesischen Konfessionalismus
Antikonfessioneller Aktivismus im Libanon wurde bisher, im Gegensatz zum Konfessionalismus, von der Forschung kaum beachtet. Karolin Sengebusch untersucht die bisher größte Protestwelle gegen den libanesischen Konfessionalismus (2010–2012) und analysiert diese mit Konzepten der sozialen Bewegungsforschung und der politischen Differenz. Die Protestwelle zeichnete sich durch bestimmte Charakteristika aus, die auch in anderen sozialen Bewegungen beobachtbar sind: Die Aktivisten organisierten sich in sehr unterschiedlichen Formen von Parteien bis zu Graswurzelorganisationen, und verwendeten vielfältige Aktionsformen von Gesetzesentwürfen bis zu Clown Walks. Die Studie setzt diese unterschiedlichen Organisations- und Aktionsformen in Bezug zu den Politikkonzepten und Zielen der Aktivisten. Die Diversität der Formen kann dabei durch die Existenz verschiedener Ziele innerhalb einer sozialen Bewegung erklärt werden.
Economic Liberalization and Authoritarianism
Contrary to other world regions, political regimes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remain largely authoritarian. While the search for explanations is still ongoing, Christian Neugebauer draws attention to a hitherto underresearched factor: economic liberalization. Being part of a global shift from state-led development towards structural adjustment in the economy, these policies also deeply affected the countries of the MENA region. This makes the resilience of authoritarianism in the region all the more puzzling, as a large part of the scientific community expected economic liberalization to undermine authoritarian regimes. Neugebauer strives to solve the puzzle with a comparative case study that covers four countries (Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, and Morocco) and their political regimes, from independence in the 1950s to the Arab Spring in 2011. He shows that two specific policies of economic liberalization might in fact have been relevant for regime stability: consumer-price liberalization and privatization.
Re-Configurations
This edited volume is an open access title and assembles both the historical consciousness and transformation of the MENA region in various disciplinary and topical facets. At the same time, it aims to go beyond the MENA region, contributing to critical debates on area studies while pointing out transregional and cultural references in a broad and comparative manner.
The Gulf Directory
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2021 Global food policy report: Transforming food systems after COVID-19: Synopsis
The coronavirus pandemic has upended local, national, and global food systems, and put the Sustainable Development Goals further out of reach. But lessons from the world’s response to the pandemic can help address future shocks and contribute to food system change. In the 2021 Global Food Policy Report, IFPRI researchers and other food policy experts explore the impacts of the pandemic and government policy responses, particularly for the poor and disadvantaged, and consider what this means for transforming our food systems to be healthy, resilient, efficient, sustainable, and inclusive. Chapters in the report look at balancing health and economic policies, promoting healthy diets and nutr...
