Middle East Politics Products

By Althea Maria Rivas

Security, Development and Violence in Afghanistan provides a unique insight into the lived realities of the international intervention in Afghanistan and highlights the diversity, relationships and interdependence of various groups including both external actors and Afghan communities. Analysis of…

Hardback – 2020-06-05 
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Routledge Explorations in Development Studies

By Ernesto Vivares

The Routledge Handbook to Global Political Economy provides a comprehensive guide to how Global Political Economy (GPE) is conceptualized and researched around the world. Including contributions that range from traditional International Political Economy (IPE) to GPE approaches, the Handbook…

Hardback – 2020-05-07 
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Edited by Chiara Lovotti, Eleonora Tafuro Ambrosetti, Christopher Hartwell, Aleksandra Chmielewska

After decades of intense interest and rivalry with the USA, the end of the Cold War and the dismantling of the USSR officially marked a period of significant retreat of the new Russia from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). However, with Russia’s economic recovery and the entrenchment of…

Hardback – 2020-04-17 
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Edited by Larbi Sadiki

Drawing on various perspectives and analysis, the Handbook problematizes Middle East politics through an interdisciplinary prism, seeking a melioristic account of the field. Thematically organized, the chapters address political, social and historical questions by showcasing both theoretical and…

Hardback – 2020-04-15 
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By Buğra Süsler

This book focuses on the dynamics of Turkey’s relationship with Europe in the context of the ‘Arab Spring’ and analyses Turkish behaviour vis-à-vis foreign policy cooperation with the EU. Susler explains the complexity of Turkey-EU relations by looking beyond membership negotiations and examines…

Hardback – 2020-03-12 
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Routledge Studies in Foreign Policy Analysis

By Steven E. Zipperstein

During the British Mandate for Palestine (1922-1948), Arabs and Jews repeatedly used the law to gain leverage and influence international opinion, especially in three dramatic and largely forgotten trials involving two issues: the interplay between conflicting British promises to the Arabs and Jews…

Paperback – 2020-03-11 
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UCLA Center for Middle East Development (CMED) series

By Gil Samsonov

The research discusses the second-generation Likud leaders, known as the Princes, who have dominated Israeli politics for most of the last three decades: their relations with their parents and the extent to which they have followed in (or diverged from) their footsteps. The main theme seeks to…

Hardback – 2020-03-10 
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Israeli History, Politics and Society

By Hawraman Ali

Examining the effects of the Cold War and regional politics on the Iraqi Kurds between 1958-1975, this study demonstrates how regional and international powers sought to exploit the Iraqi Kurds in their quest for statehood. The research draws on a plethora of British and American archival documents…

Hardback – 2020-03-05 
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Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics

By Masoud Kamali

First published in 1998, Revolutionary Iran investigates two major political transformations in the modern history of Iran: the Constitutional Revolution of 1905-09 and the Islamic Revolution 1976-79 and their relation to the modernization of Iran in this century. It addresses a core question: Why…

Paperback – 2020-02-01 
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Routledge Revivals

Edited by Dag Harald Claes, Giuliano Garavini

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2020, is one of the most recognizable acronyms in international politics. The organization has undergone decades of changing importance, from political irrelevance to the spotlight of world attention…

Hardback – 2020-01-29 
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Routledge International Handbooks

By Ramazan Aras

The Formation of Kurdishness in Turkey examines political violence, the politics of fear and the Kurdish experience of pain through an analysis of life stories, personal narratives and testimonies of Kurdish subjects in contemporary Turkey. It traces the physical and psychological impacts of the…

Paperback – 2020-01-24 
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Edited by Roxane Farmanfarmaian

This book provides a comparative study of government media instrumentalisation, women in TV talk shows and online surveillance. It explores the ways media and politics intersect and how this is impacting societies across the southern Mediterranean.…

Hardback – 2019-12-31 
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History and Society in the Islamic World