Playing the sectarian card in a sectarianized new Middle East
Abstract
This article examines the interaction between authoritarianism and the instrumentalization of sectarianism in the Middle East. It begins with an overview of debates on authoritarianism in the region and how they has been affected by the Arab uprisings and by the subsequent debates about the sectarian surge in the region. A comparative case study of Bahrain and Kuwait exposes the considerable variation in how rulers do this. Second, it explores the impact of such insttrumentalization on the inclusiveness of institutions over time, using a case study of Ba’thist Syria.
Citation
Valbjorn , M & Hinnebusch , R 2019 , ' Playing the sectarian card in a sectarianized new Middle East ' , Babylon: Nordisk Tidsskrift for Midtostenstudier , vol. 2018 , no. 2 , 2 , pp. 42-55 . https://doi.org/10.5617/ba.6727
Publication
Babylon: Nordisk Tidsskrift for Midtostenstudier
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
2535-3098Type
Journal article
Rights
Copyright 2019 the Authors. This is an open access article, published under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND licence.
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