TY - BOOK AU - Amin, Samir AU - Kenz, Ali El. TI - Europe and the Arab world: patterns and prospects for the new relationship SN - 9781842774373 U1 - 327.4053 PY - 2005/// CY - London PB - Zed Books KW - European Union KW - Arab countries KW - Middle East N1 - 1. The Arab world: a balance sheet of the present situation. The autocratic state faced with the challenge of modernity ; Political Islam ; Political conflicts and social struggles ; The 'third sector' of the social reality ; Community associations: a genuine burgeoning or a smokescreen? ; Geo-strategy, Arab unity and Palestinian intifadas. -- 2. The Mediterranean-Gulf region: some international policy problems. The strategic hegemony of the United States ; Europe and the Arab Mediterranean to the south ; After the Soviet collapse and the Gulf and Yugoslav wars. -- 3. Euro-Mediterranean relationships: globalization and regionalization. Globalization and regionalization ; The Euro-Mediterranean partnership: fiction and fact ; The Euro-Mediterranean project: beyond the discourse ; The real issues at stake in the Euro-Mediterranean project ; The Barcelona compromise. -- 4. On the Euro-Mediterranean partnership. The Arab world fossilized in its powerlessness ; The 'Euro-Mediterranean' partnership. -- Basic data on the Arab world ER -