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Peaceful Islamist Mobilization in the Muslim World
Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 29.00This book presents a compelling and innovative new theory and framework for examining the variation in Islamist mobilization strategies in Muslim Asia and the Middle East. more...
Democracy in Iraq
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 114.95This book proposes a significant reassessment of the history of Iraq, documenting democratic experiences from ancient Mesopotamia through to the US occupation. Taking an interdisciplinary approach and referring to some of the most influential critical theorists to question ideological assumptions about democracy and its history, this book will be useful... more...
The Arab State
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 128.00This book explores the conditions of state formation and survival in the Middle East. Based on Historical Sociology, it provides a model for study of the state in the Arab world and a theory to explain its survival. Examining states as a ?process?, the author argues that what emerged in the Middle East in the beginning of the twentieth century... more...
Hizbullah
Saqi 2012; US$ 11.65Hizbullah ('Party of God') is one of the Middle East's major political forces. Sheikh Naim Qassem, its Deputy Secretary-General, provides and insider's view of this Shi'ite resistance group turned political party, from its inception to the present day. Formed in 1982 in response to Israel's invasion of Lebanon, Hizbullah was instrumental in forcing... more...
Inevitable Democracy in the Arab World
Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 29.00Wissam S. Yafi argues that there are four dynamics leading to inevitable change in the Arab region: geopolitical, geoeconomic, geosocial, and technological. Yafi comes to the conclusion that no system will be able to support the dynamics in place except for democracy. more...
The Arab Spring
Westview Press 2012; US$ 27.00An illuminating volume by noted experts on the Arab Spring revolutions and their impacts, both in the Middle East and around the world more...
Democratization in the Arab World
RAND Corporation 2012; US$ 9.95Daunting challenges face countries swept up in the Arab Spring. This monograph assesses the prospects for democratization in these countries and suggests how the international community can help it succeed. more...
Rethinking Hizballah
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 89.95Framing and analysing Hizballah through the perspective of the 'resistance society'; an articulation of identity politics that informs the violent and non-violent political strategies of the movement, Abboud and Muller demonstrate how Hizballah poses a challenge to the Lebanese state through its acquisition and exercise of private authority,... more...
Middle East Authoritarianisms
Stanford University Press 2013; US$ 45.00The developments of early 2011 have left the political landscape of the Middle East changed but recognizable. Even as urgent struggles continue, it remains clear that authoritarianism will survive this transformational moment. The study of authoritarian governance, therefore, remains essential for our understanding of the political dynamics and inner... more...
Freedom's Unsteady March
Brookings Institution Press 2008; US$ 28.95President Bush promised to democratize the Middle East, but the results so far have dispirited democracy advocates and brought their project into disrepute. After the debacle in Iraq and the electoral success of Hamas, the pursuit of Arab democracy seems to many observers a fools errand, an unfortunate combination of ideology and wishful thinking.In... more...









