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Ege A., Nora F.
Marmara University, Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, cilt.34, ss.353-378, 2013 (Hakemli Dergi)
Özet
This article is a treatise
on the Arab revolution from the aspect of globalization as an inconsistent
process. It postulates that the inconsistent character of current globalization
has exacerbated the conditions of the occurrence of the Arab spring, while explaining
why the Middle East in general has not been
able to successfully integrate into it, within a core-periphery paradigm. The
methodology referred to involves the projection on the level of real politics,
of both macro and micro levels analysis of such a paradigm. In this sense, on the level of macro economics,
US
power politics, in its privileged relationship with the Arab authoritarian
states, implies a geopolitical and geo-economic dominance supporting the status
quo resulting from its global core situation. From the level of micro economic
analysis, on the other hand, the core-periphery paradigm has also remained within
the domestic scale of those Arab states, given their unequal distribution of
resources and leaving behind the alienated populations from having any input into
domestic governance. The analyses of Islamic responses to globalization in the Middle East, promises therefore a long term perspective
to explain the Arab revolution, beyond the short term and spontaneous character,
as attributed to it. Such long term perspective also explains the importance of
this article. On the other hand, as regards Islamic identity affirmation in the
light of globalization, as contrary to the preceding pejorative and reactive
Islamic stance in relation to those unequal global patterns, the Arab
revolution reveals rather an interactive, positive response to them, which underlines
again the relevance of this article. Furthermore, as regards Islam and
globalization, it is indicated that it is the capacity of Islam’s selective
accommodation of globalization, which has made possible the Arab revolution. Consequently,
the article defends that such original response, which made the Arab revolution
possible, has evolved within a doctrinal effort for a new Islamic reinterpretation
which would be progressive and democratic, as suits the universal values already
found in Islam.