The Middle East / Ellen Lust, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Los Angeles : Sage/CQ Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Edition: Thirteenth editionDescription: xxxvii, 1032 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781452241494
  • 145224149X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 956 23
LOC classification:
  • DS63.1 .M484 2014
Contents:
Part 1. Overview. The making of the modern Middle East / Michael Gasper ; Social change in the Middle East / Valentine M. Moghadam and Tabitha Decker ; Institutions and governance / Ellen Lust ; The political economy of development in the Middle East / Melani Cammett ; Religion, society, and politics in the Middle East /Robert Lee and Lihi Ben Shitrit ; Actors, public opinion, and participation / Amaney Jamal and Lina Khatib ; The Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Mark Tessler ; Regional international relations / Marc Lynch ; International politics of the Middle East / Francesco Cavatorta -- Part 2. Profiles. Algeria / Lahouari Addi ; Egypt / Tarek Masoud ; Iran / Mehrzad Boroujerdi ; Iraq / Eric Davis ; Israel / Lihi Ben Shitrit ; Jordan / Laurie A. Brand ; Kuwait / Heshem AI-Awadi ; Lebanon / Paul Salem ; Libya / Amanda Kadlec ; Morocco / Driss Maghraoui and Saloua Zerhouni ; Palestinian Authority / Benoit Challand ; Persian Gulf States / Katja Niethammer ; Saudi Arabia / Pascal Menoret ; Syria / Raymond Hinnebusch ; Tunisia / Jeffrey A. Coupe and Hamadi Redissi ; Turkey / Mine Eder ; Yemen / Sarah Phillips.
Summary: Lust and her outstanding contributors have fully revised the text to take into account the watershed events that have taken place in the Middle East since the 2011 uprisings. The book also adds important coverage with a new thematic chapter on religion, society, and politics in the region, which examines the role of both Islam and Judaism.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 889-956) and index.

Part 1. Overview. The making of the modern Middle East / Michael Gasper ; Social change in the Middle East / Valentine M. Moghadam and Tabitha Decker ; Institutions and governance / Ellen Lust ; The political economy of development in the Middle East / Melani Cammett ; Religion, society, and politics in the Middle East /Robert Lee and Lihi Ben Shitrit ; Actors, public opinion, and participation / Amaney Jamal and Lina Khatib ; The Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Mark Tessler ; Regional international relations / Marc Lynch ; International politics of the Middle East / Francesco Cavatorta -- Part 2. Profiles. Algeria / Lahouari Addi ; Egypt / Tarek Masoud ; Iran / Mehrzad Boroujerdi ; Iraq / Eric Davis ; Israel / Lihi Ben Shitrit ; Jordan / Laurie A. Brand ; Kuwait / Heshem AI-Awadi ; Lebanon / Paul Salem ; Libya / Amanda Kadlec ; Morocco / Driss Maghraoui and Saloua Zerhouni ; Palestinian Authority / Benoit Challand ; Persian Gulf States / Katja Niethammer ; Saudi Arabia / Pascal Menoret ; Syria / Raymond Hinnebusch ; Tunisia / Jeffrey A. Coupe and Hamadi Redissi ; Turkey / Mine Eder ; Yemen / Sarah Phillips.

Lust and her outstanding contributors have fully revised the text to take into account the watershed events that have taken place in the Middle East since the 2011 uprisings. The book also adds important coverage with a new thematic chapter on religion, society, and politics in the region, which examines the role of both Islam and Judaism.