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Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics


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This series is concerned with recent political developments in the region. It will have a range of different approaches and include both single authored monographs and edited volumes covering issues such as international relations, foreign intervention, security, political Islam, democracy, ideology and public policy.

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Politics in Morocco Executive Monarchy and Enlightened Authoritarianism

Politics in Morocco: Executive Monarchy and Enlightened Authoritarianism

1st Edition

By Anouar Boukhars
August 12, 2014

Democratization and the process of political reform is a critical issue in the contemporary Middle East and North Africa. This book looks at the situation in Morocco and examines the role of the monarchy and the relative strengths and weaknesses of the Islamic and secular/liberal groupings ...

Strategic Relations Between the US and Turkey 1979-2000 Sleeping with a Tiger

Strategic Relations Between the US and Turkey 1979-2000: Sleeping with a Tiger

1st Edition

By Ekavi Athanassopoulou
June 26, 2014

Taking the period from the end of the 1970s to the end of the 1990s, this book critically examines the evolution of the strategic relationship between the US and Turkey during this period, with a particular focus on the Middle Eastern context. Strategic Relations Between the US and Turkey employs ...

Civil Society and Democratization in the Arab World The Dynamics of Activism

Civil Society and Democratization in the Arab World: The Dynamics of Activism

1st Edition

By Francesco Cavatorta, Vincent Durac
March 27, 2014

The transition paradigm has traditionally viewed civil society activism as an essential condition for the establishment of democracy. The democracy promotion strategies of Western policy-makers have, therefore, been based on strengthening civil society in authoritarian settings in order to support ...

Conflict and Peacemaking in Israel-Palestine Theory and Application

Conflict and Peacemaking in Israel-Palestine: Theory and Application

1st Edition

By Sapir Handelman
March 27, 2014

The Israeli-Palestinian struggle is considered to be one of the most entrenched conflicts in the world. Presenting and evaluating interactive models of peacemaking and the phenomenon of intractable conflict, the book takes an in-depth look into specific models for peacemaking and applies them to ...

Europe and Tunisia Democratization via Association

Europe and Tunisia: Democratization via Association

1st Edition

By Brieg Powel, Larbi Sadiki
March 27, 2014

This book is concerned with EU democracy promotion inside Tunisia, the first Arab signatory of an Association Agreement with the EU. Focusing on the content, context, mechanisms, and outcomes of democratization via association, the authors examine whether Tunisia’s specific mode of democratization ...

The Circassian Diaspora in Turkey A Political History

The Circassian Diaspora in Turkey: A Political History

1st Edition

By Zeynel Besleney
March 13, 2014

A North Caucasian ethnic group that has been largely obscured in world history as a result of their expulsion from their homeland by Tsarist Russia in the 1860s, Circassians now comprise significant communities not only in the Northwest Caucasus but also in Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Europe and the US....

Democracy in Turkey The Impact of EU Political Conditionality

Democracy in Turkey: The Impact of EU Political Conditionality

1st Edition

By Ali Resul Usul
March 19, 2014

This book examines the impact of European political conditionality on the process of democratization in Turkey over a twenty year period. Employing theoretical and conceptual approaches to the issue of EU conditionality, the author compares the case of Turkey to that of other European nations. ...

The Second Palestinian Intifada Civil Resistance

The Second Palestinian Intifada: Civil Resistance

1st Edition

By Julie M. Norman
March 19, 2014

Palestinian civilians engaged in numerous acts of unarmed resistance during the second intifada. However, these attempts in using non-violent strategies were frequently overshadowed by the armed tactics of militant groups. Drawing from extensive interviews, surveys, and observations in the West ...

NATO and the Middle East The Geopolitical Context Post-9/11

NATO and the Middle East: The Geopolitical Context Post-9/11

1st Edition

By Mohammed Moustafa Orfy
March 07, 2014

Despite having been active in the region since the mid-1990s, the role of NATO in the Middle East has attracted particular attention since the events of 11th September 2001. This book analyses the limits of NATO’s role in the Middle East region and examines whether or not the Alliance is able to ...

The Arab State Dilemmas of Late Formation

The Arab State: Dilemmas of Late Formation

1st Edition

By Adham Saouli
March 07, 2014

This 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 ...

The Arab State and Women's Rights The Trap of Authoritarian Governance

The Arab State and Women's Rights: The Trap of Authoritarian Governance

1st Edition

By Elham Manea
March 07, 2014

Researchers studying gender politics in Arab societies have been puzzled by a phenomenon common in many Arab states – while women are granted suffrage rights, they are often discriminated against by the state in their private lives. This book addresses this phenomenon, maintaining that the Arab ...

The Contradictions of Israeli Citizenship Land, Religion and State

The Contradictions of Israeli Citizenship: Land, Religion and State

1st Edition

Edited By Guy Ben-Porat, Bryan Turner
March 07, 2014

This 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 ...

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