Discursive challenges: Power, state legitimacy and counter‐narratives in the Arab world

Walsh, Tom; Dogan‐Akkas, Betul

doi:10.1111/1758-5899.13221

Discursive challenges: Power, state legitimacy and counter‐narratives in the Arab world

Walsh, Tom; Dogan‐Akkas, Betul

Authors

Thomas Walsh tom.j.walsh@durham.ac.uk
PGR Student Doctor of Philosophy

Betul Dogan Akkas betul.dogan-akkas@durham.ac.uk
PGR Student Doctor of Philosophy

Abstract

The three articles in this special section address several processes of legitimisation in the contemporary Arab World. They provide compelling insights into why Islamist movements moderate, how alternative political orders arise in response to issues of state legitimacy and the ways in which regional and international actors legitimise their involvement in Middle Eastern conflicts. Unifying the three articles is a motivation to understand processes of legitimacy, sectarian identity and discourse, in the power vacuum following the Iraq War of 2003 and the Arab Spring of 2011. These seismic regional events have created a wave of identity entrepreneurs, who have pragmatically attached themselves to concepts of Islam, sect and democracy, in order to solidify their hold on legitimacy and power.

Citation

Walsh, T., & Dogan‐Akkas, B. (2023). Discursive challenges: Power, state legitimacy and counter‐narratives in the Arab world. Global Policy, https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13221

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Apr 24, 2023
Online Publication Date	May 8, 2023
Publication Date	2023
Deposit Date	May 16, 2023
Publicly Available Date	May 16, 2023
Journal	Global Policy
Print ISSN	1758-5880
Electronic ISSN	1758-5899
Publisher	Durham University
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13221
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1175036

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