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States, Actors and Geopolitical Drivers in the Mediterranean

Perspectives on the New Centrality in a Changing Region

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Analyzes states, actors and geopolitical drivers in the Mediterranean

  • Includes case studies on Israel, Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya

  • Examines the new, critical centrality in the global scenario and uncovers the interactions and intertwining of those trends and dynamics offering a historical holistic perspective

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
  2. Back Matter

    Pages 343-354

About this book

Moving from a historical and cultural perspective, this book examines the geo-political and socio-economic changes involving the enlarged Mediterranean. Organised into two main sections, the first section (The new centrality of the Mediterranean Basin: Trends and Dynamics) is devoted to the analysis of the most relevant drivers and interdisciplinary broader issues, and the second section (Hotspots of Crisis and Regional Interferences in the Mediterranean) assesses the situation in some areas interested by the waves of uprisings since 2011-12. The book aims to uncover this new, critical centrality of the Mediterranean in the global scenario through the analysis of the interactions and intertwining of those trends and dynamics offering a historical holistic broad view. What follows is an Italian perspective that is the result of the research of a group of scholars who have been working for years on the first-hand sources of the countries examined. A peculiar vision connected not only to its unique geographical position at the center of the basin, but also to its deep relations with the southern shore throughout its long history.

Editors and Affiliations

  • LUISS University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Francesca Maria Corrao

  • Catholic University of the S. Heart, Milan, Italy

    Riccardo Redaelli

About the editors

Francesca Maria Corrao is Professor in the Department of Political Science at LUISS University, Italy, and established the Master in Politics and Management in the Middle East and North Africa. Her work has been previously published in Mediterranan Studies, and Arabic Literature & Culture. She is the author of Islam, Religion and Politics (2017), and Le Rivoluzioni Arabe: La transizione Mediterranea (2011).

Riccardo Redaelli is Director of the Master in Middle Eastern Studies (MIMES) at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy, and Professor of Geopolitics and History of Asia. He has published more than 100 monographs, edited books, essays and articles on the history and contemporary politics of the Middle East.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: States, Actors and Geopolitical Drivers in the Mediterranean

  • Book Subtitle: Perspectives on the New Centrality in a Changing Region

  • Editors: Francesca Maria Corrao, Riccardo Redaelli

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69000-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-68999-5Published: 21 September 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69002-1Published: 22 September 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-69000-7Published: 20 September 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVIII, 354

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: European Politics, Middle Eastern Politics, Politics and Religion

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Softcover Book USD 159.99
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