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The study enquires into the state of Islam and Islamic law in Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) and in People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY). After a brief historical introduction and description of the general characteristics of YAR and PDRY, the author discusses Zaydism and Shafiism (Islamic sects), Arab personality and Islam, Islamic law, personal law etc. in these two countries. Women in Yemeni society. Enrolment of girls at schools in YAR. Political mobilization of women in PDRY through the Yemeni Socialist Party. (DÜI-Sen)

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Based on a selection of four recent publications, this article addresses the question of Islam and Muslims in Spanish society within the framework of the peripheral position of Spanish Orientalism. These publications discuss Islam in Spain from perspectives that differ in objectives and methodology. The first book, by anthropologist Josep Lluís Mateo Dieste deals with the image of "the Moorish" over the course of Spanish history. The second, written by sociologist Salvatore Madonia is representative of a new line of research specifically interested in young Muslims in Spanish societies. The third publication, by anthropologist Jordi Moreras focuses on "radicalisation" as a new trend to study Muslim populations. The last volume, coordinated by arabist Luz Gómez-García, includes a significant number of articles, which analyze the relationship between the legitimacy and authority of Islam from a transnational perspective.

Melasuo, T.: Beyond Barcelona - introduction. - S. 9-17. Simai, M.: Europe and its Southern belt in the post-Cold War era. - S. 19-40. Hanafi, H.: The image of the other and mutual understanding in the Arab-Islamic and Europe-US societies. - S. 41-52. Weltner-Puig, R.: Region-building in the Mediterranean basin. - S. 53-72. Linjakumpu, A.: Euro-Mediterranean partnership and the Barcelona summit 1995. - S. 73-90. Moustafa, M. A.: The Kurdish question and the Middle East politics. - S. 91-121. Vesa, U.: The United Nations and the Middle East. - S. 123-133

This article argues on behalf of an autoethnographic methodology as one, but not the only, method suited to the excavation of the emotions of everyday international relations. I suggest, drawing on my own lived experiences of writing the Life in the United Kingdom Test specifically, and being ordered deported from the United Kingdom more broadly, that a reflexive practice informed by silence allows scholars to attend to the otherwise discounted and excluded forms of emotional knowledge. As my story unfolds, and the transformative potential of trauma is rehearsed, the possibility of excavating otherwise silenced emotions, guided by an affective empathy, comes to the fore. I suggest, building on my own lived experience, that as the researcher cum agent embraces this position, discounted and discarded stories are revisited. In so doing I present a piece of evocative autoethnography in and of itself while demonstrating the role that emotions can play in the construction of everyday practices of International Relations.

Thayer reviews 'Strategic Involvement and International Partnership: Australia's Post-1975 Relations with Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam' by Pheuiphanh Ngaosyvathn.

This book provides a detailed survey and analysis of US-Kurdish relations and their interaction with domestic, regional and global politics. Using the Kurdish issue to explore the nature of the engagement between international powers and weaker non-state entities, the author analyses the existence of an interactive US relationship with the Kurds of Iraq. Drawing on governmental archives and interviews with political figures both in Northern Iraq and the United States, the author places the case study within a broader International Relations context. The conceptual framework centres on.

This article comments on Amitai Etzioni's advocacy of "soft communitarianism" as the preferred approach to the establishment of a global governance architecture responsive to the current range of world order challenges facing the world and the United States. The article criticizes the effort to combine an insider discussion of American foreign policy with the presentation of a framework for ethical problem solving that has the potential for acceptance throughout the world. A related criticism is the degree to which the foreign policy agenda is discussed in the terms within which it has arisen in Washington, giving the communitarian approach a discrediting nationalistic tilt.

Intro; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; I -- Cyberspace and International Relations; 1 -- Context and Co-Evolution; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Tradition and Order; 1.3 Cyberspace-New Complexities; 1.4 The Co-Evolution Dilemma; 1.5 What Lies Ahead?; 2 -- Cyberspace: Layers and Interconnections; 2.1 A Four-Layer Model; 2.2 Identifying the Actors and Functions; 2.3 The Limits of the Layered Model; 2.4 Topology and Interconnections; 2.5 Cybersecurity; 2.6 Endnote: What Have We Learned?; 3 -- International Relations: Levels of Analysis; 3.1 Levels of Analysis-Reframed; 3.2 The Causal Logic

AbstractThis article explores the doctrine of Islam and the different theological interpretations of the position of Islam about family planning in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran and Jordan, following the Sunni and Shia traditions. Principles that led to fatwas (rulings) in both these theological traditions, together with the main arguments of the debate between the proponents and opponents of family planning in Islam and the Higher Judge's interpretation (Islamic Courts in Jordan) of the position of Islam on family planning, are included. Men's and women's views are summarized, based on the findings of natural group discussions and in‐depth interviews conducted in 1998 with couples and individuals within their social networks in the different contexts in Jordan. Based on a gap analysis between doctrine, policy and people's beliefs, this study shows a need for family planning programmes to address men and women in a culturally sensitive manner: Men shape reproductive decisions. It is therefore argued that if men were more pro‐actively involved in family‐planning awareness campaigns, there might be a transformation of values and perceptions around fertility and family planning. Another conclusion drawn from the findings is that local resources, especially religious men, can be instrumental in promoting political trust in—and a sense of ownership of—family planning programmes in Jordan. Using local resources in advocacy for family planning, based on the cultural context of Shari'ah, seems effective in changing the reproductive behaviour of men.