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A multi-authored text suggesting solutions to Yemen's most pressing challenges as it seeks to implement a far-reaching and all-inclusive political and economic transition. Expert analysts who have worked in Yemen for decades provide innovative analysis of the country's major political crises. Why Yemen Matters covers politics, regional issues, economic development, and society and migration.
Helen Lackner has worked as a consultant in social aspects of development in over thirty countries and specializes in rural issues, in particular water management, poverty alleviation, and gender and youth aspects. Lackner is also co-editor of Yemen into the Twenty First Century: Continuity and Change.
Price: $34.95
Pages: 384
Publisher: Saqi Books
Imprint: Saqi Books
Publication Date:
15 July 2014
Trim Size: 9.13 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780863567773
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
‘Essential reading for anyone who wants to know where the future of Yemen lies after the toppling of Ali Abdalla Saleh. The authors shed light on the context of the Yemeni uprising in a way that not only helps us understand the current transitional period but also the outlines of Yemen’s future.’
Charles Schmitz, President of the American Institute of Yemeni Studies and Associate Professor at Towson University. Maryland.
‘An up to date and wide-ranging guide to what is arguably the Arab world’s least known and most misunderstood state. Edited by one of Britain’s foremost authorities on Yemen, ‘Why Yemen Matters’ brings together an impressive range of experts on the country to examine the contemporary reality of Yemen with all its contradictions and complexities. It will be of use and interest to academics, policy-makers, students and those simply interested in finding out more about Yemen. Politics, economics, culture, society and foreign relations are all addressed in a volume that emphatically explains why Yemen does indeed matter.’
Michael Willis, Director of the Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College, Oxford University
Helen Lackner has worked as a consultant in social aspects of development in over thirty countries and specializes in rural issues, in particular water management, poverty alleviation and gender and youth aspects. Lackner is also co-editor of Yemen into the Twenty First Century: Continuity and Change.
Abbreviations and acronyms
Chronology
Acknowledgements
Note on transliteration
Introduction by Helen Lackner
Part One: Politics and Security
1. Professor Sheila Carapico: Yemen between Revolution and Counter-Terrorism
2. Adam Seitz: Ties that Bind and divide: The Arab Spring and Yemeni Civil–Military Relations
3. Katherine Hennessey: Yemeni Society in the Spotlight: Theatre and Film Before, During, and After the Arab Spring
Part Two: Regional Issues
4. Laurent Bonnefoy: The Shabab, institutionalized politics and the Islamists in the Yemeni Revolution
5. Marieke Brandt: The Irregulars of the ?a’dah War: “Colonel Shaykhs” and “Tribal Militias” in Yemen’s ?uthi Conflict (2004-2010)
6. Noel Brehony: The Role of the PDRY in Forming a Southern Yemeni Identity
5. Susanne Dahlgren: More Than Half of Society,Southern Yemeni Youth, Unemployment and the Quest for a State Job
Part Three: Economic Development
6. Helen Lackner: Water Scarcity: why doesn’t it get the attention it deserves?
7. Gerhard Liechtenthaler: Customary Conflict Resolution in Times of Extreme Water Stress: A Case Study of a Document from the Northern Highlands of Yemen
8. Jens Kambeck: Land-Related Disputes in Yemen
9. Kais Aliriani: The Role of the Small enterprise Sector in the Yemeni Economy
Part Four: Society and Migration
10. Adel Aulaqi: Health matters
11. Christine Hellmich: Sovereignty over their Bodies: Rethinking the determinants of Women’s Reproductive Health in Yemen
12. Hélène Thiollet: From Migration hub to asylum crisis: the changing dynamics of contemporary migration in Yemen
13. Marina de Regt: “Close Ties” Gender, Labour and Migration between Yemen and the Horn of Africa
14. Wai-Yip Ho: The Emerging Yemeni Community in China: Socialist Legacy, Silk Road Broker and the Sino-Model
About the Contributors
Further Reading
Index
Chronology
Acknowledgements
Note on transliteration
Introduction by Helen Lackner
Part One: Politics and Security
1. Professor Sheila Carapico: Yemen between Revolution and Counter-Terrorism
2. Adam Seitz: Ties that Bind and divide: The Arab Spring and Yemeni Civil–Military Relations
3. Katherine Hennessey: Yemeni Society in the Spotlight: Theatre and Film Before, During, and After the Arab Spring
Part Two: Regional Issues
4. Laurent Bonnefoy: The Shabab, institutionalized politics and the Islamists in the Yemeni Revolution
5. Marieke Brandt: The Irregulars of the ?a’dah War: “Colonel Shaykhs” and “Tribal Militias” in Yemen’s ?uthi Conflict (2004-2010)
6. Noel Brehony: The Role of the PDRY in Forming a Southern Yemeni Identity
5. Susanne Dahlgren: More Than Half of Society,Southern Yemeni Youth, Unemployment and the Quest for a State Job
Part Three: Economic Development
6. Helen Lackner: Water Scarcity: why doesn’t it get the attention it deserves?
7. Gerhard Liechtenthaler: Customary Conflict Resolution in Times of Extreme Water Stress: A Case Study of a Document from the Northern Highlands of Yemen
8. Jens Kambeck: Land-Related Disputes in Yemen
9. Kais Aliriani: The Role of the Small enterprise Sector in the Yemeni Economy
Part Four: Society and Migration
10. Adel Aulaqi: Health matters
11. Christine Hellmich: Sovereignty over their Bodies: Rethinking the determinants of Women’s Reproductive Health in Yemen
12. Hélène Thiollet: From Migration hub to asylum crisis: the changing dynamics of contemporary migration in Yemen
13. Marina de Regt: “Close Ties” Gender, Labour and Migration between Yemen and the Horn of Africa
14. Wai-Yip Ho: The Emerging Yemeni Community in China: Socialist Legacy, Silk Road Broker and the Sino-Model
About the Contributors
Further Reading
Index