This book explores the challenges of the governance and public policy in the midst and after conflicts, revolutions, and civil wars in the Middle East and Africa. As anywhere else, the task of rebuilding peace and institutionalizing stability in countries experiencing a conflict or just emerging from it is daunting, uncertain and context specific. Yet, focusing on the Middle East and Africa is of particular relevance, as these two regions feature the highest numbers of inter- and intra-state conflicts on the one hand, and the central states are more often contested than in the rest of world regions. The first half of the book proposes different cases addressing the fundamental challenge of inclusion and cohesion as well as the recurring issue of exclusion in conflict-affected situations, with four different cultural and institutional settings. The second half of the book offers more theoretical insights and proposed pathways to develop more inclusive and peaceful governance settings in Africa, the Middle East and beyond. This edited book has been designed to be a helpful contribution to the analysis of conflict and post-conflict governance and peacebuilding. To do so, it deploys different lenses of social sciences, especially public policy and international relations, but also benefits from social psychology, political anthropology, and other disciplines that enable a more comprehensive understanding of the multifaceted, complex and dynamic issues at play.
Author(s): Moosa A. Elayah, Laurent A. Lambert
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 293
City: Cham
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
Looking Forward: The Challenge of Building Sustainable Peace
References
Part I Policy Challenges Amidst Arab Spring Revolutions and Civil Wars
2 The Role of Sazman-e-Honari Rosanai Oax (Owj) During the “Maximum Pressure” Campaign Against Iran
Militainment and Symbolic Power in Digital Times
Iranian Militainment and the Formation of Sazman-e-Honari Rosanai (Owj)
The Role of Sazman-e-Honari Rosanai During Maximum Pressure Campaign
References
3 Seeing Like a State: The Crisis of Building the State of South Sudan
Building States in Post-Conflict Settings: Theory and History
Outbreak of Civil War: An Ethnic Divide and Humanitarian Catastrophe
Short- and Long-Term Conflict Resolution
References
4 Policing Coexistence Through Economic Incentives: An Analysis of Nir Barkat’s Policies on Education in East Jerusalem During His Tenure as Mayor (2009–2018)
Theoretical-Methodological Strategy: Grounded Theory and Content Analysis
Politics of Politicians and Professionals: The Entrepreneur as a Shepherd
Open Jerusalem: Nir Barkat's Political Rationality
Precarious Life and the Non-choice of Proximity
Pedagogy for an Open Jerusalem: Promoting the Bagrut in East Jerusalem
A Unified City, a Community of Entrepreneurs
References
5 An Exploration of the Dimensions of Exclusion Associated with Intimate Violence Among Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
Key Terms and Methodology
Conceptual Framework—Exclusion and Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence in Refugee Settings
Interrelating Exclusion in Refugee Settings and DV/IPV
Dimensions of Social Exclusion Associated with DV/IPV
Policies of Exclusion
Community Exclusion
Impact of COVID-19 on DV/IPV
Discussion and Conclusion
References
Part II Looking Forward: The Challenge of Building Sustainable Peace
6 Post-conflict Heritage Reconstruction: Who Owns the Past?
Research Methodology
Post-Second World War Rebuilding of Berlin
Heritage and Nazism in Pre-war Germany
Rebuilding Berlin
Lebanon
Rebuilding Beirut
Post-July War Reconstruction of Beirut
Heritage Reconstruction in Pre-war Syria
Heritage Destruction and Reconstruction in Ottoman Syria
Syria’s Heritage Under the French Mandate
Syria Under the Rule of Hafez Al-Assad
Discussion
Conclusion
References
7 The Psychopolitics of Motherhood in Post-conflict Public Policies: The Cases of the PKK and ISIS
The Waiting Mothers of Diyarbakir
Creating a New Motherhood Identity
Challenging Social Hierarchies
Unifying the Public for Peace
The Case of the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS)
From Demonization to Humanization
Redefining Counter-Extremism Policies
Creating National Solidarity
Conclusion
References
8 The Call for Reconciliation in the Middle of Conflicts: An Alternative Dispute Resolution for Global and Domestic Conflicts from Theory into Practice
Is Reconciliation Process Needed?
Applied Phronesis in the Digital Transformation Towards the Reconciliation Process
Digital Transformation Methods for Inclusive Reconciliation Process
Internet Communication Technology (ICT) for the Reconciliation Process
Internet Communication Technologies Strategies for Reconciliation Process
Case Studies from Theory into Practice
Conclusion
References
9 European Union Activities in Libyan Post-revolution Environment: The Triad—Migration, Security, and EU Special Agencies
Materials and Methods
Results
Discussion
Conclusion
References
10 Conclusions
References
Bibliography
Index
