The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa - Softcover

E. Long, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813344492 ISBN 13: 9780813344492

Verlag: Routledge, 2010

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Book by Long David E Reich Bernard Gasiorowski ED Mark

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"Provides both a wealth of detail on the individual countries of the region and acute insights into such common elements as political institutionalization, and social and class structure. Comprehensive in scope and clear in style." --James Piscatori, Oxford University "The coverage is broad and systematic. The individual treatments are always lucid and well informed. ... The authors have succeeded in highlighting those facts of long histories which are most relevant to those who are present- and policy-oriented. The book as a whole is an excellent summing up of the politics of the Middle East ... one which serves as an introduction to the beginner and as a reference and point of departure for the specialist." --Middle East Journal "No doubt this is the best and most comprehensive textbook on the Middle East in the English language." -- Raymond Habiby, Oklahoma State University "The best of the general, state-by-state studies of the Arab world, Israel, Turkey, and Iran. The country chapters are a good starting point for comparison.... An excellent anchor for a comparative course on the region." --Martin W. Sampson, University of Minnesota Provides both a wealth of detail on the individual countries of the region and acute insights into such common elements as political institutionalization, and social and class structure. Comprehensive in scope and clear in style." James Piscatori, Oxford University The coverage is broad and systematic. The individual treatments are always lucid and well informed. The authors have succeeded in highlighting those facts of long histories which are most relevant to those who are present- and policy-oriented. The book as a whole is an excellent summing up of the politics of the Middle East one which serves as an introduction to the beginner and as a reference and point of departure for the specialist. Middle East Journal No doubt this is the best and most comprehensive textbook on the Middle East in the English language. Raymond Habiby, Oklahoma State University The best of the general, state-by-state studies of the Arab world, Israel, Turkey, and Iran. The country chapters are a good starting point for comparison. An excellent anchor for a comparative course on the region. Martin W. Sampson, University of Minnesota"

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Now in its sixth edition, The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa continues to provide with authoritative and comprehensive overviews of the history, politics, foreign policies, and critical contemporary events and issues of each country in the Middle East and North Africa. Thoroughly revised and updated throughout, with chapters written specifically for this volume by invited specialists, this edition offers vital new considerations of the protests that followed President Ahmadinejads 2009 reelection; the political dynamics and foreign policy of postwar Iraq; Israels post-Sharon politics and policies; the fragmentation of Palestinian representation between Hamas in Gaza and Fatah in the West Bank; Syrias emergence from US-led international isolation; Turkeys evolving relations with the United States, Russia, and the European Union, and its ongoing confrontation with the Kurdish question; and the paralysis and crisis of the Lebanese government. Facilitating cross-national comparison and contrast, the chapters address in common the topics of historical background, political structures and institutions, political dynamics, social and economic conditions, and foreign and national security policies. In addition, revised data tables for each country provide ready summaries of the ethnic groups, religious affiliations, major political parties, and leading import/export partners in each country. Each chapter concludes with an annotated bibliography as a guide to further reading. Seventeen new maps specially drawn for this edition represent each of the countries.

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• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0813344492
• ISBN 13: 9780813344492
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 6
• Anzahl der Seiten: 576