TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mabon,Simon
TI  - Houses built on sand: violence, sectarianism and revolution in the Middle East 
T2  - Identities and geopolitics in the Middle East
SN  - 9781526126467
AV  - HN656 .M112 2020
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Manchester
PB  - Manchester University Press
KW  - Political violence
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Arab Spring, 2010-
KW  - Power (Social sciences)
KW  - fast
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1979-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - The events of the Arab Uprisings posed an existential challenge to sovereign power across the Middle East. Whilst some regimes were able to withstand these challenges through recourse to coercive strategies, others were toppled. This book questions why some regimes fell whilst others were able to survive. It argues that this was a direct consequence of state building processes and the cultivation of particular relationships between rulers and ruled. One of the consequences of such efforts is the transformation of regional politics along increasingly 'sectarianized' lines to devastating effect. This book offers a timely and unique approach to linking the events of the Arab Uprisings and on-going conflict across the region through exploring the marginalization and manipulation of identities across the Middle East
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