The Middle East - International Student Edition

Sixteenth Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-0718-9530-6
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 1088 Seiten, Format (B × H): 187 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 1658 g

In the The Middle East, Sixteenth Edition, Ellen Lust brings important new coverage to this comprehensive, balanced, and superbly researched text. In clear prose, Lust and her outstanding contributors explain the landscape of this changing region by examining both regional trends and individual countries. The Sixteenth Edition adds a chapter on Sudan, and other country chapters have been streamlined and fully updated to reflect domestic, regional, and international changes of the past three years. This best-selling text offers a wealth of information to help readers not only comprehend more fully the world around them, but also recognize and formulate policies that can more successfully engage the vitally important Middle East.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lust, Ellen M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I Overview
Chapter 1 The Making of the Modern Middle East
Chapter 2 The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Chapter 3 States and Institutions
Chapter 4 Religion, Society, and Politics in the Middle East
Chapter 5 Citizen’s Participation: Actors, Arenas, & Dilemmas
Chapter 6 Social Change in the Middle East
Chapter 7 The Political Economy of Development in the Middle East
Chapter 8 International Relations
Part II Profiles
Chapter 9 Algeria
Chapter 10 Egypt
Chapter 11 Iran
Chapter 12 Iraq
Chapter 13 Israel
Chapter 14 Jordan
Chapter 15 Kuwait
Chapter 16 Lebanon
Chapter 17 Libya
Chapter 18 The Lower Gulf States
Chapter 19 Morocco: Institutions under Monarchical Dominance
Chapter 20 Palestine
Chapter 21 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Chapter 22 Syria
Chapter 23 Sudan
Chapter 24 Tunisia
Chapter 25 Turkey

Chapter 26 Yemen

Über Autor(innen)

Lust, Ellen M.
Ellen Lust is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Founder and Director of the Program on Governance and Local Development at the University of Gothenburg. She received her M.A. in Modern Middle East and North African Studies (1993) and PhD in Political Science (1997) from the University of Michigan. She has conducted research and engaged in policy dialogue across the Middle East, including Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Malawi, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, and Tunisia, as well as in Sub-Saharan Africa. She has served as an advisor and consultant to such organizations as the UNDP, UN Democracy Fund, The World Bank, USAID, Carter Center, Freedom House, and NDI. Ellen has authored numerous books and articles, including Structuring Contestation in the Arab World (Cambridge University Press, 2005); Political Participation in the Middle East and North Africa (Lynne Rienner Press, 2008), co-edited with Saloua Zerhouni; Taking to the Streets: Activism and the Arab Uprisings (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014), co-edited with Lina Khatib and Trust, Voice and Incentives: Learning from Local Successes in Service Delivery in the Middle East and North Africa (Washington, DC: World Bank, 2015) in collaboration with Hana Brixi and Michael Woolcock. Her research has been supported by foundations such as the Moulay Hicham Foundation, National Science Foundation, Social Science Research Council, FORMAS and the Swedish Research Council. (See gld.gu.se for further information.)