Library of Modern Middle East Studies – serie
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Syria and Israel
Middle East Peace Negotiations and the United States
Inbunden, 2018
1523 kr
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In the wake of the Arab spring of 2011, the struggle for leadership of the Arab world has taken on a new significance, and with this comes the ever-present issue of the Arab-Israeli Peace Process. The 1990s was a decade of US-led peace-making in the Middle East, and the Syrian-Israeli talks …
Researching Biology and Evolution in the Gulf States
Networks of Science in the Middle East
Inbunden, 2015
1843 kr
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Officials and religious scholars in the Gulf states have repeatedly banned the teaching of the theory of evolution because of its association with atheism. But Jorg Matthias Determann argues here that, despite official prohibition, research on biological evolution has flourished, due in large part …
Makers of Modern Syria
The Rise and Fall of Syrian Democracy 1918-1958
Inbunden, 2018
1461 kr
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In the aftermath of World War I Syria paved a path towards democracy. Initially as part of the French mandate in the Middle East and latterly as an independent republic, Syria put in place the instruments of democratic government that it was hoped would lead to a stable future. This book tells the …
Women and Democracy in Iraq
Gender, Politics and Nation-Building
Inbunden, 2019
1752 kr
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As the post-invasion reconstruction of Iraq has unfolded, the potential for Iraqi women to participate actively and visibly in the country’s political structure has been one of its most notable results. The 2005 Constitution required that no less than 25% of seats in the Iraqi Parliament be filled …
Imagining Palestine
Cultures of Exile and National Identity
Av Tahrir Hamdi
Inbunden, 2022
1469 kr
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Winner of the Counter Current Award at the 2023 Palestine Book AwardsAll national identities are somewhat fluid, held together by collective beliefs and practices as much as official territory and borders. In the context of the Palestinians, whose national status in so many instances remains …
Commanding Syria
Basher Al-Asad and the First Years in Power
Av Eyal Zisser
Inbunden, 2006
2043 kr
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When Basher al-Asad became President of Syria in June 2000, he had a tough act to follow. A quiet, unassuming opthalmologist, trained in Britain, young Asad was successor to his dynamic, wily father Hafiz, who had consolidated power in his ethnically diverse and politically restive state through …
Filming the Modern Middle East
Politics in the Cinemas of Hollywood and the Arab World
Av Lina Khatib
Inbunden, 2006
2125 kr
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Today the world's media have a pressing need to understand and interpret the modern Middle East. In this timely book, Lina Khatib examines how contemporary American cinema and the cinemas of the Arab world contribute to this global preoccupation in their representations of Middle Eastern politics. …
Arab Media and Political Renewal
Community, Legitimacy and Public Life
Av Naomi Sakr
Inbunden, 2007
1984 kr
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People are on the move across the Arab world, organizing politically in new ways. The Arab media have also undergone a transformation and are still in a state of flux. It is therefore crucial to be able to discuss political initiatives in the region in the light of media developments. This …
Kurds of Modern Turkey
Migration, Neoliberalism and Exclusion in Turkish Society
Inbunden, 2010
1843 kr
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The role of the Kurds in Turkey has long been a controversial issue, although discussion has generally been focused around the political and cultural rights and activities of the Kurds. This book aims to bring a new approach to this contentious subject by shifting attention to the changing popular …
Army and the Radical Left in Turkey
Military Coups, Socialist Revolution and Kemalism
Inbunden, 2010
2043 kr
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In 1960s Turkey, the armed forces and the radical leftist movement provided two very dynamic, but very different, political forces. However, somewhat surprisingly, the majority of radical leftists believed in the revolutionary potential of the armed forces in overthrowing the current regime and …
Lessons of Lebanon
The Economics of War
Inbunden, 2004
1898 kr
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Since 1945, over 200 intra-state conflicts have taken place in countries that achieved independence from colonial rule after World War II. The case of Lebanon offers a striking illustration of these interlocking influences on projects of national economics development. The persistently sectarian …
Women and Media in the Middle East
Power Through Self-expression
Av Naomi Sakr
Häftad, 2004
249 kr
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Is today's changing media landscape in the Middle East empowering women? This is the first book to address the dynamics of media ecology and women's advancement in the contemporary Middle East. The book spans both the region and media forms, from Iran's women's press, via Maghrebi women filmmakers …
Palestinian NGOs in Israel
The Politics of Civil Society
Av Shany Payes
Inbunden, 2005
1984 kr
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One in every six Israeli citizens is a Palestinian Arab. While much has been written about the Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza, the struggle for political rights by Palestinian citizens of Israel remains largely unexplored. Shany Payes offers a fresh look at this struggle through analysis of …
Modernity and the Stateless
The Kurdish Question in Iran
Av Abbas Vali
Inbunden, 2028
676 kr
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The Kurds are the largest stateless nation in the world. They live under the jurisdiction of four sovereign states - Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria - which deny their national identity and suppress its political and cultural manifestations. The diversity that springs from this division has deprived …
Water, Peace and the Middle East
Negotiating Resources in the Jordan Basin
Av J. A. Allan
Inbunden, 1996
1984 kr
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Water is a key issue on the agenda of peace between Israel and its Arab neighbours. The circumstances in which Gaza gained its autonomy leaves it in a disadvantageous position with respect to water, and a deal on the hotly contested issue of the West Bank aquifers will be a protracted process. This …
Living Islam
Women and Islamic Politics in Turkey
Inbunden, 2002
1207 kr
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How and why have women come to play a central role in the political project of Islamic revivalism and in the power struggles between Islamic and secular forces in Turkey? In this innovative book Ayse Saktanber rejects approaches to this issue that ask what Islam means for the position of women, or …
Water, Technology and Development
Upgrading Egypt's Irrigation System
Av Martin Hvidt
Inbunden, 1998
1843 kr
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Egyptian agriculture is uniquely dependent on water, with over 95 per cent of agricultural production originating from land irrigated by the Nile. The improvement of irrigation systems and better control over water by farmers is therefore crucial to the drive to raise productivity in the current …
Creating an Islamic State
Khomeini and the Making of a New Iran
Inbunden, 2000
1243 kr
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How did the Ayatollah Khomeini create his Islamic state? What were the ideas which drove him and his movement? What organisation and methods helped bring him to power? This extraordinary book is the first to analyse the ideological roots of an Islamic state as conceived by the Ayatollah Khomeini. …
Grand Delusion
Democracy and Economic Reform in Egypt
Inbunden, 2001
1843 kr
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This work argues that the much-vaunted reform and liberalization of Egypt's economy has been partial and selective, far from beneficial to all Egyptians. While the encouragement of the private sector has indeed benefited some, it has failed to improve the standard of living of others.
Grand Delusion
Democracy and Economic Reform in Egypt
Häftad, 2001
375 kr
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The author argues in this text that the much-vaunted reform and liberalisation of Egypt's economy has been partial and selective, far from beneficial to all Egyptians. While the encouragement of the private sector has indeed benefited some, it has failed to improve the standard of living of others, …
Economy of Iran
The Dilemma of an Islamic State
Inbunden, 2001
2043 kr
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The populist Islamic revolution of 1979 heralded an expanded economic role for the Iranian state aimed at safeguarding the revolution’s redistributive aims. However, the Iranian economy in the 1980s and 1990s has deteriorated markedly, both compared to its past achievement and to the performance of …
Creating an Islamic State
Khomeini and the Making of a New Iran
Häftad, 2003
398 kr
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How did the Ayatollah Khomeini create his Islamic state? What were the ideas which drove him and his movement? What organization and methods helped bring him to power? This book analyses the ideaological roots of an Islamic state as conceived by the Ayatollah Khomeini. Surprisingly, the author …
Water, Power and Politics in the Middle East
The Other Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Av Jan Selby
Inbunden, 2003
1984 kr
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This original analysis of the Middle East water problems highlights questions and issues which have so far only received minimal attention. The author develops a multi-layered account of the nature and causes of the conflict and the Pealestinian water crisis. Each chapter addresses a particular …
Iran and the First World War
Battleground of the Great Powers
Inbunden, 2006
2043 kr
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The First World War, leading to the overthrow of the Qajar regime and replacement by Reza Shah, was pivotal in the history of modern Iran. The Constitutional Revolution of 1906-09 aimed to abolish the arbitrary regime and bring in a modern constitution and parliament. But growing provincial unrest …
