Volume 47. Issue 3
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Ruptures and Ripple Effects in the Middle East and Beyond
(Institute of Development Studies, 2016-05-19)Perhaps more than any other region or any other period of post-Cold War history, the Middle East since the Arab Spring constitutes a significant challenge to established ideas about development and its relationship with ... -
Notes on Contributors - Ruptures and Ripple Effects in the Middle East and Beyond
(Institute of Development Studies, 2016-05-19)This is the notes on contributors for IDS Bulletin 47.3, 'Ruptures and Ripple Effects in the Middle East and Beyond'. -
Introduction: Eight Myths of Conflict and Development in the Middle East
(Institute of Development Studies, 2016-05-19)In this introductory article we identify eight myths of conflict and development related to the Middle East region. Some of these myths, which cut across academia, foreign policy and development interventions, are specific ... -
The Syrian Humanitarian Disaster: Disparities in Perceptions, Aspirations, and Behaviour in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey
(Institute of Development Studies, 2016-05-19)Humanitarian assistance coupled with an unsustainable policy of regional containment have only created greater poverty and misery for Syrians fleeing civil war. How this has been allowed to happen on the southern shores ... -
Syria’s Lost Generation: Refugee Education Provision and Societal Security in an Ongoing Conflict Emergency
(Institute of Development Studies, 2016-05-19)Education policy is uniquely placed to address the soft security concerns of refugee resettlement, with educators equipped to recognise, react and respond to the unique education needs and welfare of the Syria’s next ... -
The ‘Rojava Revolution’ in Syrian Kurdistan: A Model of Development for the Middle East?
(Institute of Development Studies, 2016-05-19)As the civil war in Syria continues, in the territory of Rojava – in Kurdish, ‘the West’ – the northern Syrian Kurdish political movement is attempting to implement ‘libertarian municipalism’, based on the thoughts of ... -
A Panoramic Perspective on Islamist Movements in the Middle East
(Institute of Development Studies, 2016-05-19)This article discusses and analyses the landscape of Islamist movements in Egypt using a network approach, and showing where connections lie between different movements across North Africa. The article unpacks the centripetal ... -
Rethinking the Youth Bulge and Violence
(Institute of Development Studies, 2016-05-19)The dominance of a generation of combat age, high levels of education combined with high unemployment, failed cities, and the relatively long duration of the transitional period still constitute an appropriate atmosphere ... -
The Political Economy of Violence in Egypt
(Institute of Development Studies, 2016-05-19)This article examines the political economy drivers of the uprisings in Egypt in 2011 and 2013. It shows that there was a continuity in neoliberal economic policy from the rule of Hosni Mubarak through to that of Mohamed ... -
Glossary - Ruptures and Ripple Effects in the Middle East and Beyond
(Institute of Development Studies, 2016-05-19)This is the Glossary for IDS Bulletin 47.3, 'Ruptures and Ripple Effects in the Middle East and Beyond'.
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