Routledge Handbook Of Middle East Politics: Interdisciplinary Inscriptions (Routledge Handbooks)

Presenting the current debate about cities in the Middle East from Sana'a, Beirut and Jerusalem to Cairo, Marrakesh and Gaza, the book explores urban planning and policy, migration, gender and identity as well as politics and economics of urban settings in the region. Moving beyond essentialist and reductive analyses of identity, urban politics, planning, and development in cities in the Middle East, and instead offers critical engagement with both historical and contemporary urban processes in the region. Approaching "Cities" as multi-dimensional sites, products of political processes, knowledge production and exchange, and local and global visions as well as spatial artefacts. Importantly, in the different case studies and theoretical approaches, there is no attempt to idealise urban politics, planning, and everyday life in the Middle East -- which (as with many other cities elsewhere) are also situations of contestation and violence -- but rather to highlight how cities in the region, and especially those which are understudied, revolve around issues of housing, infrastructure, participation and identity, amongst other concerns. Analysing a variety of cities in the Middle East, the book is a significant contribution to Middle East Studies. It is an essential resource for students and academics interested in Geography, Regional and Urban Studies of the Middle East. 9781138047631 1138047635 660 Cities and towns NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=P_QtwwEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api en

• • Author: Larbi Sadiki
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: Apr 16, 2020
• • Number of Pages: 684 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1138047635
• • ISBN-13: 9781138047631