englischThis book analyses the changing self-perceptions of Turkish decision makers regarding Turkeyʼs regional foreign policy in the Middle East between 1983 and 2002. It examines how these self-perceptions have changed from Turkey being a bridge country (köprüülke) to a central country [...]

englischTunisia is considered a success story of the so-called Arab Spring. In 2014, the country adopted a new constitution and enshrined women's rights in it. Has the constitutional process and the 2014 constitution created a ‘gender-equitable constitutional order’?

This thesis critically analyses [...]

englischThis book investigates political, economic and social links between top-down decentralisation strategies and neopatrimonial elite networks in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Over ten years since 2011, several MENA regimes have initiated decentralisation processes, but empirical [...]

englischTen years after the Arab Spring, many parts of the Middle East and North Africa are struggling with the consequences of armed conflict, a balance of power tilted in favour of the executive and challenges to the rule of law. However, institutions charged with conducting constitutional review [...]

englischLike other world regions, the ‘Middle East and North Africa’ is often regarded as a well-defined, closed and largely homogeneous area. However, it is actually a region that is subject to continuous reconfigurations and for which numerous denotations exist. At the same time, economic, [...]

englisch“Religious politics” in the Middle East has become a widely discussed problem. However, it relates to more than merely Islam and militant jihadism. Therefore, this volume contains in-depth analyses of different forms of politics conducted by groups in the region that claim to have been [...]

englischThe volume focusses on the interdisciplinary analysis of the Arab uprisings 2011/2012 and their significance for the respective societies. It offers a wide range of considerations covering different subjects from economy and politics, religion, art and culture to law and philosophy. This [...]