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Insecurity, Identity Politics, and the Restructuring of the Middle East

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Author	Sarto, Raffaella A. Del
Copyright Year	2019
Description	Journal: SSRN Electronic Journal Identity politics are not a new phenomenon in the Middle East; they have witnessed several ebbs and ﬂows. The current era is characterized by a distinctive level and intensity of identity politics, however, which must be seen as an integral part of the emergent structure of regional politics. This essay advances three main claims about the current “ﬂow” of identity politics in the region. First, the rise of ethno-religious politics cannot be explained in terms of the speciﬁcities of Arab politics because the trend is not limited to Muslim majority countries. Israel oﬀers a prominent but generally overlooked example. Second, the sharpening of ethnoreligious diﬀerence is the result of strategic action under speciﬁc enabling conditions. The sense of insecurity and fear in periods of transition is a crucial enabling condition. Ironically, however, a heightened sense of insecurity not only acts as an enabling condition but is also the outcome of the politics of fear adopted by political leaders in the region. Third, the rise of identity politics is a trend on a broader scale, as seen in the United States and Europe. The memo concludes by reﬂecting on the role of local actors and developments as well as on the implications of the growing power of ethno-religious politics in the Middle East — and beyond
Related Links	http://cadmus.eui.eu//bitstream/1814/65505/1/DelSarto_POMEPS_Studies_34.pdf https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm?abstractid=3367808
ISSN	10914358
e-ISSN	15565068
DOI	10.2139/ssrn.3367808
Journal	SSRN Electronic Journal
Language	English
Publisher	Elsevier BV
Publisher Date	2019-03-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal: SSRN Electronic Journal Cultural Studies Middle East Identity Politics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Psychiatry and Mental Health

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