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Democracy in the Arab Worldby Ibrahim Elbadawi; Samir Makdisi
Taylor & Francis 2010; US$ 15.00Despite notable socio-economic development in the Arab region, a deficit in democracy and political rights has continued to prevail. This book examines the major reasons underlying the persistence of this democracy deficit over the past decades and touches on the prospects for deepening the process of democratization in the Arab World. Contributions from major scholars in the region give a cross country analysis of economic development, political institutions and social factors, and the impact of oil wealth and regional wars, and present a model for democracy in the Arab world. Case studies are drawn from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Sudan and the Gulf region, building on these cross-country analyses and probing beyond the... more...
The Arab Springby Hamid Dabashi
Zed Books 2012; US$ 19.95This pioneering explanation of the Arab Spring will define a new era of thinking about the Middle East. In this landmark book, Hamid Dabashi argues that the uprisings occurring from Morocco to Iran and from Syria to Yemen have been driven by a delayed defiance that signifies no less than the end of postcolonialism. As he brilliantly explains, the permanent revolutionary mood has the potential to liberate not only those societies already ignited but ultimately many others as well. more...
Third Worldsby Heather Deegan
Routledge 1996; US$ 52.95Third Worlds focuses attention on the relationship between the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa, examining the alternative Islamic development agenda which, in part, mirrors that of the World Bank and the IMF. more...
Good Governance in the Middle East Oil Monarchiesby Tom Pierre Najem; Martin Hetherington
RoutledgeCurzon 2003; US$ 178.00This book examines the concept of good governance and how it is applied in the states of the Gulf Co-operation Council. more...
Iraqi Kurdistanby Professor Ewan Anderson; Gareth R. V. Stansfield
RoutledgeCurzon 2003; US$ 44.95In this groundbreaking study, Stansfield identifies the principal dynamics of Iraqi Kurdish politics and analyses the record and potential of the 'Kurdish democratic experiment' and explores the development of the Kurdish political system since 1991. more...
Political Learning and Citizenship Education Under Conflictby Orit Ichilov
Routledge 2004; US$ 160.00This book analyses social environments in conflict situations - with a focus on Israel and Palestine - and looks at the impact these environments have on the political learning and citizenship orientations of youngsters. more...
Social Power and the Turkish Stateby Tim Jacoby
Routledge 2004; US$ 52.95This book uses the historical sociological approach of Michael Mann to analyse the process of state-building in Turkey from the changes developed during the Ottoman Empire to the organisation of the modern-day government. more...
Last Days in Israelby Abraham Diskin
Taylor & Francis 2003; US$ 67.95This volume examines the challenges and circumstances Israel has faced during the 1990s and addresses both the public's and leadership's singular goal of "peace and security". more...
Citizenship in a Global Worldby E. Fuat Keyman
Taylor & Francis 1900; US$ 185.00A team of first-rate contributors examine closely the issues of citizenship, entrepreneurship, secularism and modernity in modern day Turkey and then draw conclusions for other states in the new global era. more...
Structuring Conflict in the Arab Worldby Ellen Lust-Okar
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 47.00This book examines how ruling elites manipulate political opponents in the Middle East. In contrast to discussions of government-opposition relations that focus on how rulers either punish or co-opt opponents, this book focuses on the effect of institutional rules governing who is allowed to participate in the formal political system. more...









