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Fighting Corruption in Transition Economies, Armenia 2005
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2005; US$ 42.00This book presents the outcomes of a review of legal and institutional frameworks for fighting corruption in Armenia, which was carried out in the framework of the Anti-Corruption Network for Transition Economies based at the OECD. The review examined national anti-corruption policy and institutions currently in place in Armenia, national anti-corruption... more...
Iraq, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 155.00Iraq, democracy and Islam are powerful global forces which shape not only many aspects of the lives of Muslims, but the lives of other citizens of the world as well. This book explores many of the challenging questions posed by the interconnections between these three forces, concentrating on issues which have global significance and which have been... more...
Progress in Public Management in the Middle East and North Africa
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2010; US$ 70.00The MENA-OECD Governance Programme supports public sector reform in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. Since its inception in 2003, the programme has helped the region to improve institutions for good governance through continuous policy review and reform. The need to accelerate economic growth has been the primary impetus, but MENA governments... more...
Political Transformations and Political Entrepreneurs
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2009; US$ 85.00This book presents a theoretical framework based on the empirical context of the Israeli political system to evaluate under what conditions and in what ways can fundamental institutional changes occur in a democratic political system. more...
Les constitutions arabes et l'Islam
Presses de l''niversite du Quebec 2005; US$ 21.75La lecture des Constitutions arabes -de leur lettre comme de leur pratique- par le biais du pluralisme juridique permet de comprendre la nature et la portée des transformations qui sont à l'oeuvre dans ces États, tant ceux qui restent essentiellement attachés à des valeurs traditionnelles que les plus avancés dans... more...
Islamic Revivalism in Syria
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 125.00Contemporary studies on Syria assume that the country?s Ba?thist regime has been effective in subduing its Islamic opposition, placing Syria at odds with the Middle East?s larger trends of rising Islamic activism and the eclipse of secular ideologies as the primary source of political activism. Yet this assumption founders when confronted with the... more...
Iraq's Dysfunctional Democracy
ABC-CLIO 2011; US$ 48.00This book examines Iraq since 2003 and argues that a new democratic Iraq cannot be grounded on destructive politics of victimization, narrow nationalism, sectarian confessionalism, and a consensual, power-sharing political arrangement. more...
The Contradictions of Israeli Citizenship
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 133.00This book provides an integrated analysis of the complex nature of citizenship in Israel. Contributions from leading social and political theorists explore different aspects of citizenship through the demands and struggles of minority groups to provide a comprehensive picture of the dynamics of Israeli citizenship and the dilemmas that emerge at the... more...
Early Islamic Institutions
I.B.Tauris 2011; US$ 75.00The rapid expansion of the early Islamic world is conventionally ascribed to a combination of brilliant military leadership and religious fervour. In this book, Abd al-Aziz Duri demonstrates how the growth, development and durability of early Islamic governance derived from highly sophisticated systems of administration (in which the idea of a Muslim... more...
Authoritarian Party Structures and Democratic Political Setting in Turkey
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00Conducting a comparative case study among four parties in the Turkish political system, this study shows how the variance in interest configurations and the power resources of local party activists constitute these changing patterns. more...









