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The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa continues to provide comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the region's critical contemporary events and issues. Invited specialists contribute authoritative overviews of the government and politics of each country in the Middle East and North Africa. As in previous editions, country chapters are systematically organized to address historical background, social and economic conditions, politics, and foreign policy, and each chapter features an updated data table for easy compare and contrast.
The sixth edition has been revised throughout to reflect recent substantial changes in the Middle East and includes seventeen new maps and a new introductory chapter on the region. In addition, the authors provide vital new considerations of major developments, including Iran's nuclear policies; political dynamics in postwar Iraq; Israel's post-Sharon politics; the fragmentation of Palestinian representation between Hamas inGaza and Fatah in the West Bank; as well as recent developments in Syria, Turkey, and Lebanon
About the Authors
David E. Long is a consultant on the Middle East and counterterrorism. He is retired from the US Foreign Service and has taught and lectured extensively on Middle Eastern subjects. He is the author of The United States and Saudi Arabia: Ambivalent Allies and The Anatomy of Terrorism.
Bernard Reich is professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University. He is a member of the board of advisory editors of the Middle East Journal and a member of the international editorial board of Israel Affairs. He has published widely on the Middle East and international politics and on US foreign policy. His numerous books include A Brief History of Israel, Arab-Israeli Conflict and Conciliation, and Political Dictionary of Israel.
Mark Gasiorowski is professor of political science at Louisiana State University. He specializes in the Middle East and third-world politics. His notable publications include US Foreign Policy and the Shah: Building a Client State in Iran and (with Malcolm Byrne) Mohammad Mosaddeq and the 1953 Coup in Iran.
“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
“The editors have recruited expert academic scholars who provide lucidly written essays that will appeal to a wide range of readers—from laypeople to Middle East specialists. Highly recommended.” –Choice
1. Introduction: Middle Eastern and North African State in Comparative Perspective | David E. Long, Bernard Reich, and Mark Gasiorowski
2. Republic of Turkey | Henri J. Barkey and Omar Taspinar
3. Islamic Republic of Iran | Mark Gasiorowski
4. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | Sebastian Maisel
5. Republic of Iraq | Judith S. Yaphe
6. Eastern Arabian States: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Oman | Jill Crystal
7. Republic of Yemen | Robert D. Burrowes
8. Republic of Lebanon | William Harris
9. Syrian Arab Republic | David W. Lesch
10. Hashimite Kingdom of Jordan | Curtis R. Ryan
11. State of Israel | David H. Goldberg and Bernard Reich
12. The Palestinians | Glenn E. Robinson
13. Arab Republic of Egypt | Marius Deeb
14. Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | Mary-Jane Deeb
15. Kingdom of Morocco | Gregory W. White
16. Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria | Azzedine Layachi
17. Republic of Tunisia | John P. Entelis
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