Middle East Politics Books

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1. Christian Palestinians in the Israeli State

   By Una McGahern

   Christians form a significant proportion of the Arab minority living within Israel, and many Christian Palestinians have occupied important economic and political positions. This book explores the complicated position of Christian Palestinians within Israel. It shows how analyses which...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-60571-7 | Hardback (Routledge)

2. Democracy, Reform, and Authoritarianism in the Arab World

   Edited by Gerd Nonneman

   The potential for reform in the pattern of persistent authoritarianism in the Arab world has been the subject of interest for policymakers, the informed general public, and scholars alike, particularly since the end of the Cold War and again after the events of 11 September 2001. It is also one...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-46915-9 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. The Politics of Arab Monarchies: Legacy, Survival and Reform

   By Russell E. Lucas

   A number of monarchies remain in the Middle East, despite their seeming anachronism. Examining various states from the Gulf to Morocco, this book focuses on the regimes’ institutional flexibility, careful management of support coalitions, opponents and publics....

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-49788-6 | Hardback (Routledge)

4. Modern Turkey: People and State in a Globalising World

   By Bill Park

   This book provides a wide ranging overview of Turkey and its people in the contemporary world. In particular it seeks to place them within the context of a rapidly globalizing world and includes chapters on politics, economics, international relations, the Turkic world, religion and recent...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-44371-5 | Paperback (Routledge)

5. National Security Law in Israel: Dynamics and Development

   By Stuart Cohen, Amichai Cohen

   This book analyses both the substance of Israel’s National security law and the dynamics of its historical development. It examines the normative principles up on which Israel’s national security law is based, institutional arrangements for the formulation and protection of national security law,...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-54914-1 | Hardback (Routledge)

6. The Companion to Modern Israel

   Edited by Alain Dieckhoff

   This book provides a comprehensive profile of contemporary Israel. It is a unique in-depth survey of that country’s politics, international relations, society, economy, role in the Middle East and culture....

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-57392-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

7. Peacemaking Strategies in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Re-Evaluation

   By Karen Abi-Ezzi

   This new book presents a radical and fascinating critique of the theory and practice of mediation. Using social constructionism and particularly discourse analysis, peacemaking processes in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are re-evaluated. The narrow and exclusive parameters circumscribing...

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-35672-5 | Hardback (Routledge)

8. Israeli Space: Periphery, Identity and Protest

   By Haim Yacobi, Erez Tzfadia

   This book examines the issue of Israeli space and in particular looks at cities, suburbs, development towns and Zionist agricultural landscape. Taking a multidisciplinary approach it contributes to the field of planning theory, political science, urban sociology, critical geography and...

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-57324-5 | Hardback (Routledge)

9. The UAE and Foreign Policy: Foreign Aid, Identities and Interests

   By Khalid S. Almezaini

   This book provides a detailed analysis of the foreign policy and foreign aid strategies of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Exploring the cultural factors that have impacted on the foreign policy behaviour of the UAE and its foreign aid, the author argues that the country's foreign...

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-59711-1 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Economics and Politics in Turkey

    By Mehmet Asutay

    This book examines the interaction of politics and economics in Turkey. Applying the new political economy and public choice economics, it shows how politicians manipulate the economy for their own ends, for example by using fiscal and monetary policy, and by timing elections to coincide with...

    April 2011 | 978-0-415-45318-9 | Hardback (Routledge)