Katerina Dalacoura
Biographic Data
| ID | 279885 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katerina Dalacoura |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katerina |
| FAMILY NAME | Dalacoura |
| SIGNATURE | DALACOURA K |
| AFFILIATIONS | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5024-7528 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 85 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Turkish foreign policy in the Middle East
Power projection, security, pragmatic considerations and a disparate mix of national interests and narrower party-political objectives have driven the foreign policy of Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the Middle East since it came to power in 2002. Ideological concerns, consisting of a fluid blend of Islamist, neo-Ottoman and 'civilizationalist' ideas, mingled with a hefty dose of Turkish nationalism, have played a variable, auxil…
Global IR, global modernity and civilization in Turkish Islamist thought
Political Islam in Tunisia
Political Islam in Tunisia: the history of Ennahda, by Anne Wolf, London, Hurst & Co, 2017, 269 pp., (hardback) ISBN 9780190670757
Islamism, secularization, secularity
The paper outlines parallels between the processes of secularization and secularity in the West, as interpreted by José Casanova and Charles Taylor, and Islamism as a modern social and political phenomenon. It focuses on the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's history and ideas and specifically on a number of public documents detailing its social and political vision. I argue that if we define 'secularization' not only as the weakening of religious bel…
East’ and ‘West’ in contemporary Turkey
The tired old civilisational categories of ‘East’ and ‘West’, loosely identified with ‘Islam’ and ‘modernity’, are alive and well, nowhere more so than in contemporary Turkey. The Justice Development Party (AKP) currently in government employs them assiduously to political advantage but they have a long history, having defined the parameters of societal identity and political discourse throughout the history of the Turkish Republic. The paper tak…
Islamism and Neoliberalism in the Aftermath of the 2011 Arab Uprisings
This chapter investigates the relationship between Islamism and neoliberalism in the aftermath of the 2011 Arab uprisings in the Middle East focusing on the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP, the Muslim Brotherhood's political party) in Egypt and the Nahda movement in Tunisia. Through the analysis of the two movements, I seek to contribute to the broader discussion, in this volume, on neoliberalism, the concept of "governmentality," and the future o…
Representing Israel in Modern Egypt
Representing Israel in Modern Egypt: ideas, intellectuals and foreign policy from Nasser to Mubarak E WANSTEIN I. B. Tauris, 2012 240 pp., £59.50, ISBN 9781848854604
Islamism, Democracy and Democratization and the 2011 Arab Uprisings
Will the 2011 uprisings lead to democratization in the Arab world and what role will Islamist movements play in that process?This important question exercises analysts of the Middle East, policy makers and, more importantly, the citizens of the region.It also provides a unifying theme for the three works reviewed here.The question is one of many that can be asked about the impact of the 2011 uprisings on the Middle East region.In dealing with it,…
Homosexuality as cultural battleground in the Middle East
The culture wars over homosexuality in the Middle East are studied here in the context of the theoretical debate on culture in International Relations and, more specifically, through a critical examination of postcolonial international theory. The paper argues that, although postcolonialism can offer a useful framework, it also has, in its poststructuralist variants, significant limitations in addressing the controversial issues surrounding homos…
Response to Mohammed M. Hafez's Review of Islamist Terrorism and Democracy in the Middle East
Katerina Dalacoura responds to Mohammed Hafez's review (Peace Review, 25.1) of her book, Islamist Terrorism and Democracy in the Middle East (Cambridge University Press, 2011)
The 2011 uprisings in the Arab Middle East
The Arab uprisings of 2011 are still unfolding, but we can already discern patterns of their effects on the Middle East region. This article offers a brief chronology of events, highlighting their inter-connections but also their very diverse origins, trajectories and outcomes. It discusses the economic and political grievances at the root of the uprisings and assesses the degree to which widespread popular mobilization can be attributed to pre-e…
Islamist Terrorism and Democracy in the Middle East
What were the reasons behind the terrorist attacks of September 11th? Does the cause of Islamist terrorism relate to the lack of democracy in the Middle East? Through detailed research into the activities of both radical and moderate organizations across the Middle East, such as the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas and Hizbullah, and via interviews with key personnel, Katerina Dalacoura investigates whether repression and political exclusion pushed Isla…
Islamist terrorism and the Middle East democratic deficit
The terrorist attacks of September 11 created a consensus among Western, and in particular US, policy makers that authoritarianism in the Middle East undermined Western interests by contributing to the emergence of Islamist terrorism. This study demonstrates, however, that there is no evidence that a necessary causal relationship exists between the democratic deficit in the Middle East and Islamist terrorism. The analysis explores the three main …
US democracy promotion in the Arab Middle East since 11 September 2001
Journal Article US democracy promotion in the Arab Middle East since 11 September 2001: a critique Get access KATERINA DALACOURA KATERINA DALACOURA 1Lecturer in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is the author of Islam, liberalism and human rights: implications for international relations (2003) and Engagement or coercion? Weighing western human rights policies towards Turkey, Iran and Egypt (2003…
Islam, Postmodernism and Other Futures
A critique of communitarianism with reference to post-revolutionary Iran
How do the terms ‘community’ and ‘communitarianism’ apply in non-Western contexts? How useful are they as social science terms in understanding Iranian and, generally, Middle Eastern politics? What is the impact of communitarianism as a political project in one of the few countries where it has been tried, namely Iran after the Revolution of 1979? This article seeks answers to these questions as a way of modestly advancing the liberal-communitari…
Violence, September 11 and the Interpretations of Islam
Katerina Dalacoura investigates the relationship between Islam, violence and just war principles. She argues, with examples, that the Islamic religion can be used both to support and oppose international norms on going to war (for example, defence of one's country) and right conduct in warfare (for example, discrimination between combatants and non-combatants). The interpretation of Islam with regard to these issues is determined by political fac…
Islamist Movements as Non-state Actors and their Relevance to International Relations
Islamist movements are powerful political actors in the Middle East and also, through their impact on the West, at the global level. Islamism — otherwise termed 'political Islam': the ideology that aims to reform society and politics along religious lines given in the Koran and Islamic legal and cultural traditions — in principle rejects the secular concept of the nation-state and deems the state illegitimate. Furthermore, Islamist movements help…
Unexceptional Politics? The Impact of Islam on International Relations
Islam, Liberalism and Human Rights
This timely book, newly revised for this edition, addresses the question of human rights in the international context, focusing in particular on the interaction between human rights as a value and norm in international relations and Islam as a constituent of political culture in particular societies. Katerina Dalacoura's argument proceeds at two levels. Firstly, it reaches a consistent normative position on the question of human rights. Secondly,…
Turkey and the Middle East in the 1980s
Islamist terrorism and the Middle East democratic deficit
The terrorist attacks of September 11 created a consensus among Western, and in particular US, policy makers that authoritarianism in the Middle East undermined Western interests by contributing to the emergence of Islamist terrorism. This study demonstrates, however, that there is no evidence that a necessary causal relationship exists between the democratic deficit in the Middle East and Islamist terrorism. The analysis explores the three main …
The 2011 uprisings in the Arab Middle East
The Arab uprisings of 2011 are still unfolding, but we can already discern patterns of their effects on the Middle East region. This article offers a brief chronology of events, highlighting their inter-connections but also their very diverse origins, trajectories and outcomes. It discusses the economic and political grievances at the root of the uprisings and assesses the degree to which widespread popular mobilization can be attributed to pre-e…
US democracy promotion in the Arab Middle East since 11 September 2001
Journal Article US democracy promotion in the Arab Middle East since 11 September 2001: a critique Get access KATERINA DALACOURA KATERINA DALACOURA 1Lecturer in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is the author of Islam, liberalism and human rights: implications for international relations (2003) and Engagement or coercion? Weighing western human rights policies towards Turkey, Iran and Egypt (2003…
Homosexuality as cultural battleground in the Middle East
The culture wars over homosexuality in the Middle East are studied here in the context of the theoretical debate on culture in International Relations and, more specifically, through a critical examination of postcolonial international theory. The paper argues that, although postcolonialism can offer a useful framework, it also has, in its poststructuralist variants, significant limitations in addressing the controversial issues surrounding homos…
Global IR, global modernity and civilization in Turkish Islamist thought
Islam, Postmodernism and Other Futures
Unexceptional Politics? The Impact of Islam on International Relations
Islamism, secularization, secularity
The paper outlines parallels between the processes of secularization and secularity in the West, as interpreted by José Casanova and Charles Taylor, and Islamism as a modern social and political phenomenon. It focuses on the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's history and ideas and specifically on a number of public documents detailing its social and political vision. I argue that if we define 'secularization' not only as the weakening of religious bel…
Turkish foreign policy in the Middle East
Power projection, security, pragmatic considerations and a disparate mix of national interests and narrower party-political objectives have driven the foreign policy of Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the Middle East since it came to power in 2002. Ideological concerns, consisting of a fluid blend of Islamist, neo-Ottoman and 'civilizationalist' ideas, mingled with a hefty dose of Turkish nationalism, have played a variable, auxil…
Violence, September 11 and the Interpretations of Islam
Katerina Dalacoura investigates the relationship between Islam, violence and just war principles. She argues, with examples, that the Islamic religion can be used both to support and oppose international norms on going to war (for example, defence of one's country) and right conduct in warfare (for example, discrimination between combatants and non-combatants). The interpretation of Islam with regard to these issues is determined by political fac…
Turkey and the Middle East in the 1980s
Islam, Liberalism and Human Rights
This timely book, newly revised for this edition, addresses the question of human rights in the international context, focusing in particular on the interaction between human rights as a value and norm in international relations and Islam as a constituent of political culture in particular societies. Katerina Dalacoura's argument proceeds at two levels. Firstly, it reaches a consistent normative position on the question of human rights. Secondly,…
Unexceptional Politics? The Impact of Islam on International Relations
Islamist Movements as Non-state Actors and their Relevance to International Relations
Islamist movements are powerful political actors in the Middle East and also, through their impact on the West, at the global level. Islamism — otherwise termed 'political Islam': the ideology that aims to reform society and politics along religious lines given in the Koran and Islamic legal and cultural traditions — in principle rejects the secular concept of the nation-state and deems the state illegitimate. Furthermore, Islamist movements help…
A critique of communitarianism with reference to post-revolutionary Iran
How do the terms ‘community’ and ‘communitarianism’ apply in non-Western contexts? How useful are they as social science terms in understanding Iranian and, generally, Middle Eastern politics? What is the impact of communitarianism as a political project in one of the few countries where it has been tried, namely Iran after the Revolution of 1979? This article seeks answers to these questions as a way of modestly advancing the liberal-communitari…
Violence, September 11 and the Interpretations of Islam
Katerina Dalacoura investigates the relationship between Islam, violence and just war principles. She argues, with examples, that the Islamic religion can be used both to support and oppose international norms on going to war (for example, defence of one's country) and right conduct in warfare (for example, discrimination between combatants and non-combatants). The interpretation of Islam with regard to these issues is determined by political fac…
Islam, Postmodernism and Other Futures
US democracy promotion in the Arab Middle East since 11 September 2001
Journal Article US democracy promotion in the Arab Middle East since 11 September 2001: a critique Get access KATERINA DALACOURA KATERINA DALACOURA 1Lecturer in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is the author of Islam, liberalism and human rights: implications for international relations (2003) and Engagement or coercion? Weighing western human rights policies towards Turkey, Iran and Egypt (2003…
Islamist terrorism and the Middle East democratic deficit
The terrorist attacks of September 11 created a consensus among Western, and in particular US, policy makers that authoritarianism in the Middle East undermined Western interests by contributing to the emergence of Islamist terrorism. This study demonstrates, however, that there is no evidence that a necessary causal relationship exists between the democratic deficit in the Middle East and Islamist terrorism. The analysis explores the three main …
Islamist Terrorism and Democracy in the Middle East
What were the reasons behind the terrorist attacks of September 11th? Does the cause of Islamist terrorism relate to the lack of democracy in the Middle East? Through detailed research into the activities of both radical and moderate organizations across the Middle East, such as the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas and Hizbullah, and via interviews with key personnel, Katerina Dalacoura investigates whether repression and political exclusion pushed Isla…
The 2011 uprisings in the Arab Middle East
The Arab uprisings of 2011 are still unfolding, but we can already discern patterns of their effects on the Middle East region. This article offers a brief chronology of events, highlighting their inter-connections but also their very diverse origins, trajectories and outcomes. It discusses the economic and political grievances at the root of the uprisings and assesses the degree to which widespread popular mobilization can be attributed to pre-e…
Response to Mohammed M. Hafez's Review of Islamist Terrorism and Democracy in the Middle East
Katerina Dalacoura responds to Mohammed Hafez's review (Peace Review, 25.1) of her book, Islamist Terrorism and Democracy in the Middle East (Cambridge University Press, 2011)
Homosexuality as cultural battleground in the Middle East
The culture wars over homosexuality in the Middle East are studied here in the context of the theoretical debate on culture in International Relations and, more specifically, through a critical examination of postcolonial international theory. The paper argues that, although postcolonialism can offer a useful framework, it also has, in its poststructuralist variants, significant limitations in addressing the controversial issues surrounding homos…
Islamism, Democracy and Democratization and the 2011 Arab Uprisings
Will the 2011 uprisings lead to democratization in the Arab world and what role will Islamist movements play in that process?This important question exercises analysts of the Middle East, policy makers and, more importantly, the citizens of the region.It also provides a unifying theme for the three works reviewed here.The question is one of many that can be asked about the impact of the 2011 uprisings on the Middle East region.In dealing with it,…
Islamism and Neoliberalism in the Aftermath of the 2011 Arab Uprisings
This chapter investigates the relationship between Islamism and neoliberalism in the aftermath of the 2011 Arab uprisings in the Middle East focusing on the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP, the Muslim Brotherhood's political party) in Egypt and the Nahda movement in Tunisia. Through the analysis of the two movements, I seek to contribute to the broader discussion, in this volume, on neoliberalism, the concept of "governmentality," and the future o…
Representing Israel in Modern Egypt
Representing Israel in Modern Egypt: ideas, intellectuals and foreign policy from Nasser to Mubarak E WANSTEIN I. B. Tauris, 2012 240 pp., £59.50, ISBN 9781848854604
East’ and ‘West’ in contemporary Turkey
The tired old civilisational categories of ‘East’ and ‘West’, loosely identified with ‘Islam’ and ‘modernity’, are alive and well, nowhere more so than in contemporary Turkey. The Justice Development Party (AKP) currently in government employs them assiduously to political advantage but they have a long history, having defined the parameters of societal identity and political discourse throughout the history of the Turkish Republic. The paper tak…
Political Islam in Tunisia
Political Islam in Tunisia: the history of Ennahda, by Anne Wolf, London, Hurst & Co, 2017, 269 pp., (hardback) ISBN 9780190670757
Islamism, secularization, secularity
The paper outlines parallels between the processes of secularization and secularity in the West, as interpreted by José Casanova and Charles Taylor, and Islamism as a modern social and political phenomenon. It focuses on the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's history and ideas and specifically on a number of public documents detailing its social and political vision. I argue that if we define 'secularization' not only as the weakening of religious bel…
Global IR, global modernity and civilization in Turkish Islamist thought
Turkish foreign policy in the Middle East
Power projection, security, pragmatic considerations and a disparate mix of national interests and narrower party-political objectives have driven the foreign policy of Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the Middle East since it came to power in 2002. Ideological concerns, consisting of a fluid blend of Islamist, neo-Ottoman and 'civilizationalist' ideas, mingled with a hefty dose of Turkish nationalism, have played a variable, auxil…
Political science (21 works) · Law (20 works) · Politics (18 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Philosophy (13 works) · Law (12 works) · Islamic Studies and History (11 works) · History (10 works) · Middle East (10 works) · Islam (9 works)