UID:
almahu_9949460233702882
Format:
1 online resource (240 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780755643929
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9780755643912
Content:
"The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic -- at the interlocking levels of politics, economy, and society -- have been different across regions, states, and societies. In the case of the Middle East and North Africa, which was already in the throes of intense tumult following the onset of the 2011 Arab Spring, COVID's blows have on the one hand followed the trajectory of some global patterns, while at the same time playing out in regionally specific ways. Based on empirical country-level analysis, this volume brings together an international team of contributors seeking to untangle how COVID-19 unfolds across the MENA. There is special reference to issues of (self) governance and democracy, and the enormous challenges heightened by the pandemic in many Arab settings: inequality, human indignity and resurgent authoritarianism. The analyses are framed through Ulrich Beck's famous concept of "risk society" that pinpointed the negative consequences of modernity and its unbridled capitalism, and the book traces how this has come home in full force in the COVID-19 pandemic. The editors, Larbi Sadiki and Layla Saleh, use the term "Arab risk society" to refer to the short-term and long-term repercussions on Arab societies across the areas of socio-economic inequality, a revitalized state that is more securitized than ever before, and the relentless democratic aspirations and civic-political freedoms. But the analyses are attuned to problem-solving research. The "ethnographies of the pandemic" included in this book investigate transformations and coping mechanisms within each country case study and provide an ethically-informed research praxis that can respond to the manifold crises crashing down upon Arab states and societies."--
Note:
1: Introduction: Mapping 'Ethnographies of the Pandemic' / Larbi Sadiki and Layla Saleh, Qatar University, Qatar -- Part I: Regional Perspectives. 2: Impact of Coronavirus on the Gulf Economies: Labour Migration / Abdul Ghaffar Mughal, Dept. of Economics, Northeastern University, USA ; 3: Challenges of Covid-19: Comparing Qatar and Kuwait handling of the Pandemic / Ali Alshawi, Qatar University, Qata ; 4: EU-MENA Relations Amid COVID19 Pandemic: Between economic issues, migration challenges and authoritarian risks / Renata Pepicelli, University of Pisa, Italy, and Pietro Marzo, CIRAM: Interdisciplinary Center for Africa and the Middle East, UK ; 5: Pandemic Crisis Management: Democratization vs. Securitization in the Arab World / Mudar Kassis, Birzeit University, Palestine -- Part II: Country 'Ethnographies of the Pandemic'. 6: Democracy or Development? Responses to the Pandemic in Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco / Mohamed El Hachimi, Ibn Zohr University, Morocco ; 7: The Impact of Covid-19 on the Political and Social Frames in Morocco from a Democratic Perspective / Aisha Kadaoui, Hassan II University, Morocco ; 8: Tunisia: The Social Consequences of COVID-19 / Chemseddine Mnasri, University of Tunis, Tunisia ; 9: Polity and the Crisis of Society and the State in Egypt / Mohammad Moussa, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Turkey ; 10: The Impact of COVID-19 in Israel/Palestine / Aiko Nikishida, Keio University, Japan ; 11: Dual Combat: Resisting COVID-19 and the Israeli Occupation / Basem Ezbidi, Birzeit University, Palestine ; 12: Political and Pandemic Crises in Lebanon / Assem Dandashly, Maastricht University, The Netherlands ; 13: Sudan: Society facing the Risks of Covid-19 and of New Authoritarianism / Mohamed Hamad, Qatar University, Qatar ; 14: The Social Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study of University Syrian Refugee Students in Iraq and Turkey / Hakan Gulace, University of Harran, Turkey; Asma Ameen, University of Duhok, Northern Iraq; Haveen Abdulmajeed, University of Duhok, Northern Iraq; and Mary Ellen Toffle, University of Messina, Italy
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.5040/9780755643929
URL:
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