The Levant in Turmoil: Syria, Palestine, and the Transformation of Middle Eastern Politics

Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Political Turmoil and Social Transformation in the Levant; Martin Beck, Dietrich Jung, and Peter Seeberg
1. Syria's Civil War and the Reconfiguration of Regional Politics; Fred H. Lawson
2. Deadly Implications: The Rise of Sectarianism in Syria; Peter Sluglett
3. Conflict, Governance and Decentralized Authority in Syria; Samer N. Abboud
4. The Syrian Refugee Crisis And Its Impact On Jordan: In Reference to the Regime's Structural Deficits; Simone Hüser
5. The Crisis in Syria, International and Regional Sanctions and the Transformation of the Political Order in the Levant; Peter Seeberg
6. The 'Syrian Effects' and the Regional Quest for Human Dignity in the New Syrian, Egyptian and Tunesian Constitutions; Mervat F. Hatem
7. Israel and a Palestinian State: Redrawing Lines?; Lorenzo Kamel
8. Failed Attempts or Faliures to Attempt? Western Policies toward Palestinian Statehood; Martin Beck
9. Turmoil in the Levant: Inconclusive Conclusions; Dietrich Jung
Contributor Bios
Index