Minorities and State-Building in the Middle East

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Minorities and State-Building in the Middle East is written by Paolo Maggiolini and published by Springer Nature. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3030543994 (ISBN 10) and 9783030543990 (ISBN 13).

This book offers fresh insights to enhance and diversify our understanding of the modern history of the state and societies in today’s Jordan, while also providing examples of why and how scholars can challenge the static and discursively government-minded approaches to minorities and minoritisation – especially the traditional emphasis on demographic balances. Despite its small size and initial appearance of homogeneity, Jordan provides an excellent case of a dynamic, relational, historically contingent and fluid approach to ethnic, political and religious minorities in the context of the imposition of a modern state system on complex and varied traditional societies. The editors and contributors present dynamic and relational perspectives on the status of and historical processes involved in the creation and absorption of minority groups within Jordan.