Syria and Lebanon : international relations and diplomacy in the Middle East / Taku Osoegawa

By:

Osoegawa, Taku

Series: Library of modern Middle East studies ; 140. | Library of modern Middle East studies ; ; 140.Publication details: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris , 2013Description: X, 246 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

978-1-78076-536-5

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Abstract: This book is a model of the effective use of IR theory to understand the great complexity of international politics in the Middle East. Taku Osoegawa provides a meticulous and rich narrative of the development of Lebanon-Syria relations over time, exposing their multi-dimensional complexity. Important also is his focus on actors in Lebanon, a state which, never having approximated the unitary rational actor model, exemplifies the increasing permeability and fragmentation of states in the region. While Lebanon might once have been the exception, in the post-Uprising Middle East, it may become increasingly the norm, making the theoretical tools developed in this book transferable to analyses of Lebanon's neighbours, not least to Syria and Iraq.

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Monografías	Biblioteca Central del MAEC Depósito	50227	Available		1058666

This book is a model of the effective use of IR theory to understand the great complexity of international politics in the Middle East. Taku Osoegawa provides a meticulous and rich narrative of the development of Lebanon-Syria relations over time, exposing their multi-dimensional complexity. Important also is his focus on actors in Lebanon, a state which, never having approximated the unitary rational actor model, exemplifies the increasing permeability and fragmentation of states in the region. While Lebanon might once have been the exception, in the post-Uprising Middle East, it may become increasingly the norm, making the theoretical tools developed in this book transferable to analyses of Lebanon's neighbours, not least to Syria and Iraq.