Middle East Studies: History, Politics & Law – serie
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31 produkter
Gender, Literacy, and Empowerment in Morocco
Häftad, 2012
742 kr
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This book's concept concerns the positive correlation between literacy and women's development and empowerment in developing countries.
Islamic Law, Epistemology and Modernity
Legal Philosophy in Contemporary Iran
Av Ashk Dahlen
Häftad, 2015
793 kr
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This study analyses the major intellectual positions in the philosophical debate on Islamic law that is occurring in contemporary Iran. As the characteristic features of traditional epistemic considerations have a direct bearing on the modern development of Islamic legal thought, the contemporary …
Kurdish Nationalism and Political Islam in Turkey
Kemalist Identity in Transition
Häftad, 2011
793 kr
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This text is an attempt to study Turkey's national and secular identity in light of the challenges posed by Kurdish nationalism and political Islam.
Accidental Tourist, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, and the British Invasion of Egypt in 1882
Häftad, 2013
817 kr
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This fascinating account highlights the extent the world's major powers will go to as they seek to insure their own interests and agendas, despite the wishes of those whose countries they invade and occupy. The Accidental Tourist profiles Wilfrid Scawen Blunt's involvement in the so-called Arabi …
Diplomacy and Displacement
Reconsidering the Turco-Greek Exchange of Populations, 1922–1934
Häftad, 2012
937 kr
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This study presents a comprehensive, balanced and factually grounded narrative of the Turco-Greek Exchange of Populations as a historic event that has been the subject of much distortion in the historiographical traditions of nationalist lore in Greece and Turkey, as well as in scholarly …
Organizations, Gender and the Culture of Palestinian Activism in Haifa, Israel
Häftad, 2012
720 kr
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This book, based on 25 months of anthropological fieldwork, examines activists and activism in Palestinian nongovernmental organizations in Israel. It concentrates on the ways organizations enable certain processes of self-identification based on activists' constructions of modernity.
Palestine and the Gulf States
The Presence at the Table
Häftad, 2012
742 kr
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This final book from Rosemarie Said Zahlan, renowned scholar of Middle East Politics and History, explores the relationships between Palestine and the Gulf since the 1930s. These relationships have ebbed and flowed, crisscrossed barriers and events, and taken on different forms. They have pervaded …
Palestinian Identity in Jordan and Israel
The Necessary "Others" in the Making of a Nation
Häftad, 2012
720 kr
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The book examines the process of national identity formation. It argues that identity, whether of a small community, a nation, an ethnic group, or a religious community, requires an Other against whom it becomes meaningful. In other words, identity develops via difference from Others against whom …
Trapped Between the Map and Reality
Geography and Perceptions of Kurdistan
Häftad, 2012
793 kr
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Kurdistan exists as a cultural and political concept on many levels of discourse. Despite Kurdistan's divisions, lack of definition and the absence of a unified struggle for a Kurdish state, the concept survives the reality as a powerful mixture of myths, reality and ambition. This thesis analyses …
War and Migration
Social Networks and Economic Strategies of the Hazaras of Afghanistan
Häftad, 2012
764 kr
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Focusing on the case of the Hazaras, a population from central Afghanistan, this book shows how migration studies and transnationalism are at the heart of theoretical and methodological debates which animate anthropology.
Legislating Authority
Sin and Crime in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey
Häftad, 2013
817 kr
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Legislation Authority addresses issues of law, state violence, and state authority within the Ottoman and Turkish context.
Palestine and the Gulf States
The Presence at the Table
Inbunden, 2009
2512 kr
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This final book from Rosemarie Said Zahlan, renowned scholar of Middle East Politics and History, explores the relationships between Palestine and the Gulf since the 1930s. These relationships have ebbed and flowed, crisscrossed barriers and events, and taken on different forms. They have pervaded …
Discourse of Palestinian-Israeli Relations
Persistent Analytics and Practices
Häftad, 2013
983 kr
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Many observers have portrayed the Oslo Process as a milestone in the peacemaking process between Palestinians and Israelis. In this controversial and groundbreaking new work, McMahon challenges the interpretation of the Oslo Process as a breakthrough or new beginning in Palestinian-Israeli …
Sharaf Politics
Honor and Peacemaking in Israeli-Palestinian Society
Häftad, 2010
793 kr
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This book examines the Arabic conflict resolution method known as "sulha." In this process, notable male elders mediate conflicts between and within Arab communities. A lengthy process of political jockeying culminates in a ceremony that peaks when "enemies" shake hands and publicly forgive the …
New Pythian Voices
Women Building Capital in NGO's in the Middle East
Inbunden, 2002
2512 kr
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Over the past 10-15 years, there has been a flowering of politically-motivated women's non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Israel. This study examines three aspects relating to this new NGO sphere: the reasons for the growth of NGOs, the kind of learning that occurs in these new political …
Islamic Law, Epistemology and Modernity
Legal Philosophy in Contemporary Iran
Av Ashk Dahlen
Inbunden, 2003
2311 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This study analyses the major intellectual positions in the philosophical debate on Islamic law that is occurring in contemporary Iran. As the characteristic features of traditional epistemic considerations have a direct bearing on the modern development of Islamic legal thought, the contemporary …
Accidental Tourist, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, and the British Invasion of Egypt in 1882
Inbunden, 2005
2586 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This fascinating account highlights the extent the world's major powers will go to as they seek to insure their own interests and agendas, despite the wishes of those whose countries they invade and occupy. The Accidental Tourist profiles Wilfrid Scawen Blunt's involvement in the so-called Arabi …
Gender, Literacy, and Empowerment in Morocco
Inbunden, 2003
2586 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book's concept concerns the positive correlation between literacy and women's development and empowerment in developing countries.
Trapped Between the Map and Reality
Geography and Perceptions of Kurdistan
Inbunden, 2004
2512 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Kurdistan exists as a cultural and political concept on many levels of discourse. Despite Kurdistan's divisions, lack of definition and the absence of a unified struggle for a Kurdish state, the concept survives the reality as a powerful mixture of myths, reality and ambition. This thesis analyses …
Organizations, Gender and the Culture of Palestinian Activism in Haifa, Israel
Inbunden, 2004
2512 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book, based on 25 months of anthropological fieldwork, examines activists and activism in Palestinian nongovernmental organizations in Israel. It concentrates on the ways organizations enable certain processes of self-identification based on activists' constructions of modernity.
Palestinian Identity in Jordan and Israel
The Necessary "Others" in the Making of a Nation
Inbunden, 2004
2744 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The book examines the process of national identity formation. It argues that identity, whether of a small community, a nation, an ethnic group, or a religious community, requires an Other against whom it becomes meaningful. In other words, identity develops via difference from Others against whom …
Kurdish Nationalism and Political Islam in Turkey
Kemalist Identity in Transition
Inbunden, 2004
2512 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This text is an attempt to study Turkey's national and secular identity in light of the challenges posed by Kurdish nationalism and political Islam.
Islam, Democracy and the Status of Women
The Case of Kuwait
Inbunden, 2005
2512 kr
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This book examines the relationship between religion, democracy, and women's organizations in Kuwait. More specifically, it looks at whether these organizations are working toward achieving formal political rights for women. Helen Rizzo examines how interpretations of religion affected the goals …
Sharaf Politics
Honor and Peacemaking in Israeli-Palestinian Society
Inbunden, 2005
2512 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book examines the Arabic conflict resolution method known as "sulha." In this process, notable male elders mediate conflicts between and within Arab communities. A lengthy process of political jockeying culminates in a ceremony that peaks when "enemies" shake hands and publicly forgive the …
War and Migration
Social Networks and Economic Strategies of the Hazaras of Afghanistan
Inbunden, 2005
2512 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Focusing on the case of the Hazaras, a population from central Afghanistan, this book shows how migration studies and transnationalism are at the heart of theoretical and methodological debates which animate anthropology.
Legislating Authority
Sin and Crime in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey
Av Ruth Miller
Inbunden, 2005
2586 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Legislation Authority addresses issues of law, state violence, and state authority within the Ottoman and Turkish context.
Diplomacy and Displacement
Reconsidering the Turco-Greek Exchange of Populations, 1922–1934
Inbunden, 2006
2826 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This study presents a comprehensive, balanced and factually grounded narrative of the Turco-Greek Exchange of Populations as a historic event that has been the subject of much distortion in the historiographical traditions of nationalist lore in Greece and Turkey, as well as in scholarly …
Discourse of Palestinian-Israeli Relations
Persistent Analytics and Practices
Inbunden, 2009
2512 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Many observers have portrayed the Oslo Process as a milestone in the peacemaking process between Palestinians and Israelis. In this controversial and groundbreaking new work, McMahon challenges the interpretation of the Oslo Process as a breakthrough or new beginning in Palestinian-Israeli …
Islam, Democracy and the Status of Women
The Case of Kuwait
Häftad, 2008
851 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book examines the relationship between religion, democracy, and women's organizations in Kuwait. More specifically, it looks at whether these organizations are working toward achieving formal political rights for women. Helen Rizzo examines how interpretations of religion affected the goals …
New Pythian Voices
Women Building Capital in NGO's in the Middle East
Häftad, 2015
793 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Over the past 10-15 years, there has been a flowering of politically-motivated women's non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Israel. This study examines three aspects relating to this new NGO sphere: the reasons for the growth of NGOs, the kind of learning that occurs in these new political …
