10th Edition

Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa Development, Democracy, and Dictatorship

Edited By Sean Yom Copyright 2026
760 Pages 37 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

760 Pages 37 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

760 Pages 37 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This tenth edition of Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa: Development, Democracy, and Dictatorship  offers a definitive and timely guide to the political landscapes of one of the world’s most dynamic regions. Bringing together fully revised chapters from leading scholars, this landmark volume examines the historical trajectories, political institutions, economic... Read more

List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes
List of Contributors
Preface

Chapter 1. Political Dynamics in the MENA: Democracy, Authoritarianism, and History
Sean Yom

Chapter 2. The context of political life: geography, economics, and society

Sean Yom

Part I: North Africa: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt

Chapter 3. Kingdom of Morocco
Gregory W. White

Chapter 4. People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
Azzedine Layachi

Chapter 5. Republic of Tunisia
Lindsay J. Benstead

Chapter 6. State of Libya
Karim Mezran and Tahani Elmogrbi

Chapter 7. Arab Republic of Egypt
Kira Jumet

Part II: Near East: Israel, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Türkiye

Chapter 8. State of Israel
Mira Sucharov and Hamed Mousavi

Chapter 9. Palestine
Glenn E. Robinson

Chapter 10. Syrian Arab Republic
Thomas Pierret

Chapter 11. Republic of Lebanon
Imad Salamey

Chapter 12. Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
André Bank

Chapter 13. Republic of Iraq
Ariel I. Ahram

Chapter 14. Republic of Türkiye
Kristin E. Fabbe

Part III: The Gulf: Saudia Arabia, Iran, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman, and Yemen

Chapter 15. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Sean Foley

Chapter 16. Islamic Republic of Iran
Saeid Golkar

Chapter 17. Gulf States: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Oman
Christopher M. Davidson

Chapter 18. Republic of Yemen
Stacey Philbrick Yadav

Index

Biography

Sean Yom is Associate Professor of Political Science at Temple University. He is a widely published expert on regimes and development in the Middle East and North Africa, and regularly travels to the region.