Yemen in Crisis

Helen Lackner has worked as a consultant in social aspects of rural development in over thirty countries in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe. She has spent the past four decades researching Yemen, working in the country for fifteen years. She is currently the editor of the Journal of the British-Yemeni Society and is a regular contributor to Oxford Analytica's briefs and to openDemocracy. Her publications include Why Yemen Matters: A Society in Transition.

Maps 8; Glossary 11; Note on Transliteration and Abbreviations 15; Timeline 17; Preface 23; Chapter 1. How the 2011 Uprising and the Transition Led to War 33; Chapter 2. Yemen and the World 67; Chapter 3. The Two Yemeni Republics and Unification 96; Chapter 4. Islamism: Reality and Myth 122; Chapter 5. The Huthi Movement: From Nowhere to Centre Stage 147; Chapter 6. Southern Separatism in Perspective 167; Chapter 7. From Tribes to Elites 190; Chapter 8. Resources Scarcity and Their Capture: Matters of Life and Death 217; Chapter 9. The Economy 235; Chapter 10. The Rural-Urban Nexus 261; Conclusion: Whither Yemen? 287; Notes 297; Select Bibliography and Further Reading 315; Index 321;