Abstract
The rhetoric of war and terror is the hallmark of George W. Bush's administration.2 Even the most serious skeptics would agree that President Obama's Cairo speech marked a shift in presidential tone (see Nordland 2009). Yet this shift was already initiated by the Bush administration when Bush announced his umbrella program of reform: the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), aimed at an area stretching from Morocco to Pakistan. Established in December 2002, mepi followed a political rationality of "sof " reforms through enhancement of citizen-entrepreneurship, women's empowerment, and capacity building of "civil society," as a means to uproot "terrorism" and spread "democracy.".
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Accumulating Insecurity |
| Subtitle of host publication | Violence and Dispossession in the Making of Everyday Life |
| Publisher | University of Georgia Press |
| Pages | 215-239 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780820339511 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0820338729, 9780820338729 |
| State | Published - 2011 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Social Sciences(all)