TY - BOOK AU - Amin,Samir AU - El Kenz,Ali TI - Europe and the Arab world: patterns and prospects for the new relationship SN - 1842774360 AV - HC 240.25 A517e 2005 U1 - 337.1/42/0956 PY - 2005/// CY - London, New York, New York PB - Zed Books, Distributed exclusively in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan KW - European Union KW - Middle East KW - Arab countries N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [152]-157) and index; 1. The Arab world: a balance sheet of the present situation. The autocratic state faced with the challenge of modernity ; Political Islam ; Political conflicts and social struggles ; The 'third sector' of the social reality ; Community associations: a genuine burgeoning or a smokescreen? ; Geo-strategy, Arab unity and Palestinian intifadas. -- 2. The Mediterranean-Gulf region: some international policy problems. The strategic hegemony of the United States ; Europe and the Arab Mediterranean to the south ; After the Soviet collapse and the Gulf and Yugoslav wars. -- 3. Euro-Mediterranean relationships: globalization and regionalization. Globalization and regionalization ; The Euro-Mediterranean partnership: fiction and fact ; The Euro-Mediterranean project: beyond the discourse ; The real issues at stake in the Euro-Mediterranean project ; The Barcelona compromise. -- 4. On the Euro-Mediterranean partnership. The Arab world fossilized in its powerlessness ; The 'Euro-Mediterranean' partnership. -- Basic data on the Arab world N2 - In 1995 the European Union launched a Euro-Mediterranean initiative to develop relations between Europe & the Arab world. This book offers an evaluation of the initiative & explains why so little has been achieved UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0617/2004042344-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0617/2004042344-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0617/2004042344-t.html ER -