The Fragility-Grievances-Conflict Triangle in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

• Other Authors: Kivimaki, Timo (Editor), Jawad, Rana (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Humanities; Social interaction; state fragility; conflict; MENA; Middle East; failed states; weak states; conflict fatalities; corruption; informal employment; social security; state effectiveness; Maghreb countries; individual preferences; discrete choice model; Arab Spring; participation; protesting; probit model; Iraq; terrorism; violent extremism; Social Identity; threat; fragmentation; grievances; Shia; Sunni; factionalism; rebel governance; Hamas; Gaza; Palestine; informal institutions; social contract; social protection; Middle East and North Africa; state-society relations; protection; provision; government legitimacy; service delivery; state legitimacy; social policy; social expenditure; mediation; PH theory; Israel; ripeness; subsidy reform; Middle East and North Africa (MENA); Morocco; Egypt; Iran; political participation; n/a
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Several problems related to violence, grievances, and states' lack of legitimacy and capacity to manage economic, social, and political issues are clustered together as an interactive structure in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) region. The effect of one of these problems is difficul...