Yom, Sean L.

From resilience to revolution : how foreign interventions destabilize the Middle East / Sean L. Yom. - xiii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Columbia studies in Middle East politics . - Columbia studies in Middle East politics .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-284) and index.

1. The Argument and the Cases -- 2. Coalitions, State-Building, and Geopolitical Mediation -- 3. Conflict and Compromise in Kuwait -- 4. Inclusion and Stability in a Populist Autocracy -- 5. Cliency and Coercion in Iran -- 6. Exclusionary Politics and the Revolutionary End -- 7. A Conflict Interrupted in Jordan -- 8. Recurrent Tensions and Tenuous Survival Under Hashemite Rule -- 9. The Geopolitical Origins of Durable Political Order -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

9780231175647 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231175647 (cloth : alk. paper)

2015013894


Authoritarianism--History--Middle East--20th century.
Autoritarismo --Historia --Medio Oriente --Siglo XX
Political stability--History--Middle East--20th century.
Estabilidad política --Historia --Medio Oriente --Siglo XX


Middle East--Politics and government--20th century.
Medio Oriente--Política y gobierno--Siglo XX
Kuwait--Politics and government--20th century.
Kuwait --Política y gobierno --Siglo XX
Iran--Politics and government--20th century.
Irán--Politica y gobierno--Siglo XX
Jordan--Politics and government--20th century.
Jordania --Política y gobierno--Siglo XX
Middle East--Foreign relations--Western countries.
Medio Oriente --Relaciones exteriores --Países occidentales
Western countries--Foreign relations--Middle East.
Países occidentales --Relaciones exteriores --Medio Oriente

439 DS 62.8 / Y54f 2016

956.05