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Comparative Historical and Typological Approach to the Middle Eastern State System

Taking Stein Rokkan’s Ambitions Beyond Europe

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Av Lars Mjøset, Nils Butenschøn, Kristian Berg Harpviken, Norway) Mjøset, Lars (University of Oslo, Norway) Butenschøn, Nils (University of Oslo, Norway) Harpviken, Kristian Berg (The International Peace Research Institute Oslo

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The study of state formation and nation building is a proud tradition. Currently, however, it is difficult to discern a unified research frontier in this field, due to a persistent gap between the more case-based historical focus seen in area studies, and more generalizing approaches inspired by the natural sciences.Showcasing the legacy of Norwegian political scientist and sociologist Stein Rokkan, this volume explores the potential of his work to address this gap. Featuring Rokkan’s lecture skeleton methodology, given in Paris 1976, but included here as the first ever English language translation, this collection brings into sharp focus how Rokkan developed a set of methodological tools that allowed the construction of regional models and typological maps for guiding paired or clustered comparisons of state formation and nation building in any world region. Acknowledging Rokkan’s key argument that relevant models and maps need to be developed through knowledge about a region’s history rather than through formal concepts alone, contributors draw on the full potential of Rokkan’s innovations by calibrating them with empirical material from a world region not analysed by Rokkan himself: the Middle East.Thoughtfully reconstructing and upgrading Rokkan’s methodology, A Comparative Historical and Typological Approach to the Middle Eastern State System ushers in a new vision in the field of state formation and nation building.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2024-04-19
Mått152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt488 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieComparative Social Research
Antal sidor288
FörlagEmerald Publishing Limited
ISBN9781837531233

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Lars Mjøset is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and former Director of the Oslo Summer School for Social Science Studies at the Social Science Faculty, University of Oslo, Norway.Nils Butenschøn is Professor Emeritus of Political Science and former Director of the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo, Norway. Kristian Berg Harpviken is Research Professor and former Director of PRIO, the International Peace Research Institute, Norway.

Chapter 1. A Family of Models for European Comparative History: Paris Lecture December 4th, 1976; Stein Rokkan (translated by Lars Mjøset)Chapter 2. Rokkan and the 'Variable'; Lars MjøsetChapter 3. What is a Country? History and the Creation of the ‘Maghreb’; Knut S. VikørChapter 4. A Conceptual Map for Comparison of State Formation and Nation Building in the Middle East 1870-1918; Lars Mjøset, Nils Butenschøn, Roel Meijer, and Kristian Berg HarpvikenChapter 5. Female Citizenship and Divorce Law Reform in Arab States: The Gradual Expansion of Woman’s Legal Capacity in North Africa; Rania MaktabiChapter 6. External Intervention and Domestic Instrumentalization: A Structured, Focused Comparison of Iran and Saudi Arabia's Role in Yemen; Júlia PalikBOOK SYMPOSIUMChapter 7. The Authoritarian State in the Muslim World: Comparative Insights from Ibn Khaldun and Stein Rokkan; Ahmet T. KuruChapter 8. What has Islam Got to Do with It?; Knut S. VikørChapter 9. Citizenship and the Issue of Islam, Authoritarianism and Underdevelopment; Roel MeijerChapter 10. A Rejoinder; Ahmet T. Kuru