Middle East Society Books

New and Published Books

1. Domesticity and Consumer Culture in Iran

   Interior Revolutions of the Modern Era

   By Pamela Karimi

   Series: Iranian Studies

   Examining Iran’s recent history through the double lens of domesticity and consumer culture, Domesticity and Consumer Culture in Iran demonstrates that a significant component of the modernization process in Iran advanced beyond political and public spheres. On the cusp of Iran’s entry into...

   Published January 30th 2013 by Routledge
2. Change and Development in the Middle East (Routledge Revivals)

   Essays in honour of W.B. Fisher

   Edited by Clarke John, Bowen-Jones Howard

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   The Middle East is a region of great traditional diversity, which has been characterized by immense political, social and economic changes, still developing over thirty years after the title’s original publication. A group of oil-rich countries have achieved great political significance and some of...

   Published January 23rd 2013 by Routledge
3. Arab Society (Routledge Revivals)

   Continuity and Change

   By Samih Farsoun

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   The Arab world has long been subjected to super-power rivalry for influence and control. The area has been characterized by bloody conflict with Israel and the internal instability that has been particularly prevalent in the last few years. Whilst these political struggles have been highly visible...

   Published January 23rd 2013 by Routledge
4. Judicial Reform and Reorganization in 20th Century Iran

   State-Building, Modernization and Islamicization

   By Majid Mohammadi

   Series: New Approaches in Sociology

   Iran is now at the center of political and social developments in the Middle East. This book examines the reform of the judicial system in 20th century Iran and is the first to relate state-building process with rule of law promotion and judicial reform in the region. This subject occupies the...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
5. Negotiating Political Power in Turkey

   Breaking up the Party

   Edited by Elise Massicard, Nicole Watts

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics

   This edited collection looks at how political parties in Turkey actually work, inside and out. Departing from traditional macro-level analyses, the book offers a new sociological approach to the study of political parties, treating them as non-unitary entities composed of many different groups and...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
6. Arab Cultural Studies

   History, Politics and the Popular

   Edited by Anastasia Valassopoulos

   This book seeks to both showcase and further develop innovative research and debates on contemporary Arab cultural production. Popular culture in the form of cinema, popular music, literature, visual media and cyber-cultures, both local and imported, enjoy a central role in Arab cultural life, and...

   Published November 25th 2012 by Routledge
7. Routledge Library Editions: Egypt

   Edited by Various

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Egypt

   Routledge Library Editions: Egypt brings together as one set, or individual volumes, a series of previously out-of-print classics from a variety of academic imprints. With titles ranging from Education in Egypt to Egypt in Transition, from Egyptian Religion to Egypt's Economic Potential, this set...

   Published November 22nd 2012 by Routledge
8. Education in Egypt (RLE Egypt)

   By Judith Cochran

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Egypt

   Egyptian education is a central, social and economic force in the Middle East. For hundreds of years Al Azhar University has been the centre of Islamic thinking and education. More recently Egypt became the leader in secular education as Mohammed Ali established the first medical, veterinarian,...

   Published November 22nd 2012 by Routledge
9. Education in Modern Egypt (RLE Egypt)

   Ideals and Realities

   By Georgie Hyde

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Egypt

   This study gives a comprehensive account of the evolution of the educational system in Modern Egypt, set against the events of the last twenty five years. From the Revolution of 1952, which saw the breakdown of the party system, seen as ‘sham democracy’, to the re-adoption of the party system in...

   Published November 22nd 2012 by Routledge
10. Egypt from Nasser to Mubarak (RLE Egypt)

    A Flawed Revolution

    By Anthony McDermott

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Egypt

    Ever since Nasser overthrew Prince Farouk in 1952, Egypt has held a special, leading position within the Arab world. It is now facing major problems, the most serious of which are the growing strength of the Muslim fundamentalists, continuing population growth and external debt problems. Together,...

    Published November 22nd 2012 by Routledge