Ellen Lust is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Founder and Director of the Program on Governance and Local Development at the University of Gothenburg. She received her M.A. in Modern Middle East and North African Studies (1993) and PhD in Political Science (1997) from the University of Michigan. She has conducted research and engaged in policy dialogue across the Middle East, including Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Malawi, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, and Tunisia, as well as in Sub-Saharan Africa. She has served as an advisor and consultant to such organizations as the UNDP, UN Democracy Fund, The World Bank, USAID, Carter Center, Freedom House, and NDI. Ellen has authored numerous books and articles, including Structuring Contestation in the Arab World (Cambridge University Press, 2005); Political Participation in the Middle East and North Africa (Lynne Rienner Press, 2008), co-edited with Saloua Zerhouni; Taking to the Streets: Activism and the Arab Uprisings (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014), co-edited with Lina Khatib and Trust, Voice and Incentives: Learning from Local Successes in Service Delivery in the Middle East and North Africa (Washington, DC: World Bank, 2015) in collaboration with Hana Brixi and Michael Woolcock. Her research has been supported by foundations such as the Moulay Hicham Foundation, National Science Foundation, Social Science Research Council, FORMAS and the Swedish Research Council. (See gld.gu.se for further information.)

• Part I OverviewChapter 1 The Making of the Modern Middle EastChapter 2 The Israeli-Palestinian ConflictChapter 3 States and InstitutionsChapter 4 Religion, Society, and Politics in the Middle EastChapter 5 Citizen’s Participation: Actors, Arenas, & DilemmasChapter 6 Social Change in the Middle EastChapter 7 The Political Economy of Development in the Middle EastChapter 8 International RelationsPart II ProfilesChapter 9 AlgeriaChapter 10 EgyptChapter 11 IranChapter 12 IraqChapter 13 IsraelChapter 14 JordanChapter 15 KuwaitChapter 16 LebanonChapter 17 LibyaChapter 18 The Lower Gulf StatesChapter 19 Morocco: Institutions under Monarchical DominanceChapter 20 PalestineChapter 21 Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaChapter 22 SyriaChapter 23 SudanChapter 24 TunisiaChapter 25 TurkeyChapter 26 Yemen

Ellen Lust is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Founder and Director of the Program on Governance and Local Development at the University of Gothenburg. She received her M.A. in Modern Middle East and North African Studies (1993) and PhD in Political Science (1997) from the University of Michigan. She has conducted research and engaged in policy dialogue across the Middle East, including Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Malawi, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, and Tunisia, as well as in Sub-Saharan Africa. She has served as an advisor and consultant to such organizations as the UNDP, UN Democracy Fund, The World Bank, USAID, Carter Center, Freedom House, and NDI. Ellen has authored numerous books and articles, including Structuring Contestation in the Arab World (Cambridge University Press, 2005); Political Participation in the Middle East and North Africa (Lynne Rienner Press, 2008), co-edited with Saloua Zerhouni; Taking to the Streets: Activism and the Arab Uprisings (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014), co-edited with Lina Khatib and Trust, Voice and Incentives: Learning from Local Successes in Service Delivery in the Middle East and North Africa (Washington, DC: World Bank, 2015) in collaboration with Hana Brixi and Michael Woolcock. Her research has been supported by foundations such as the Moulay Hicham Foundation, National Science Foundation, Social Science Research Council, FORMAS and the Swedish Research Council. (See gld.gu.se for further information.)

• Part I OverviewChapter 1 The Making of the Modern Middle EastChapter 2 The Israeli-Palestinian ConflictChapter 3 States and InstitutionsChapter 4 Religion, Society, and Politics in the Middle EastChapter 5 Citizen’s Participation: Actors, Arenas, & DilemmasChapter 6 Social Change in the Middle EastChapter 7 The Political Economy of Development in the Middle EastChapter 8 International RelationsPart II ProfilesChapter 9 AlgeriaChapter 10 EgyptChapter 11 IranChapter 12 IraqChapter 13 IsraelChapter 14 JordanChapter 15 KuwaitChapter 16 LebanonChapter 17 LibyaChapter 18 The Lower Gulf StatesChapter 19 Morocco: Institutions under Monarchical DominanceChapter 20 PalestineChapter 21 Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaChapter 22 SyriaChapter 23 SudanChapter 24 TunisiaChapter 25 TurkeyChapter 26 Yemen

Ellen Lust is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Founder and Director of the Program on Governance and Local Development at the University of Gothenburg. She received her M.A. in Modern Middle East and North African Studies (1993) and PhD in Political Science (1997) from the University of Michigan. She has conducted research and engaged in policy dialogue across the Middle East, including Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Malawi, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, and Tunisia, as well as in Sub-Saharan Africa. She has served as an advisor and consultant to such organizations as the UNDP, UN Democracy Fund, The World Bank, USAID, Carter Center, Freedom House, and NDI. Ellen has authored numerous books and articles, including Structuring Contestation in the Arab World (Cambridge University Press, 2005); Political Participation in the Middle East and North Africa (Lynne Rienner Press, 2008), co-edited with Saloua Zerhouni; Taking to the Streets: Activism and the Arab Uprisings (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014), co-edited with Lina Khatib and Trust, Voice and Incentives: Learning from Local Successes in Service Delivery in the Middle East and North Africa (Washington, DC: World Bank, 2015) in collaboration with Hana Brixi and Michael Woolcock. Her research has been supported by foundations such as the Moulay Hicham Foundation, National Science Foundation, Social Science Research Council, FORMAS and the Swedish Research Council. (See gld.gu.se for further information.)

• Part I OverviewChapter 1 The Making of the Modern Middle EastChapter 2 The Israeli-Palestinian ConflictChapter 3 States and InstitutionsChapter 4 Religion, Society, and Politics in the Middle EastChapter 5 Citizen’s Participation: Actors, Arenas, & DilemmasChapter 6 Social Change in the Middle EastChapter 7 The Political Economy of Development in the Middle EastChapter 8 International RelationsPart II ProfilesChapter 9 AlgeriaChapter 10 EgyptChapter 11 IranChapter 12 IraqChapter 13 IsraelChapter 14 JordanChapter 15 KuwaitChapter 16 LebanonChapter 17 LibyaChapter 18 The Lower Gulf StatesChapter 19 Morocco: Institutions under Monarchical DominanceChapter 20 PalestineChapter 21 Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaChapter 22 SyriaChapter 23 SudanChapter 24 TunisiaChapter 25 TurkeyChapter 26 Yemen