A longtime bestseller, Politics and Change in the Middle East employs a multidisciplinary approach to comprehensively and evenhandedly examining the region's past, present, and future. Through politics, economics, culture, and history, this book offers a rugged analytical framework that familiarizes readers with the Middle East and helps them to critically evaluate contemporary developments. Thematically organized, Politics and Change in the Middle East introduces students to the primary actors and issues that define the region and its role in world politics.
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"This exceptional text, which is popular amongst instructors and students alike, contains reliable and well-presented information about the Middle East. Its excellent framework will help undergraduates better understand contemporary developments in the region by examining its history and culture, as well as the impact of Islam, colonialism, and globalization."-Anca Turcu, University of Central Florida
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Höhe: 246 mm
Breite: 189 mm
Dicke: 23 mm
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978-0-205-08239-1 (9780205082391)
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Roy R. Andersen is Charles W. and Arvilla S. Timme Professor of Economics at Knox College.
Robert F. Seibert is Robert W. Murphy Professor Political Science at Knox College.
Jon G. Wagner is Professor of Anthropology at Knox College.
Chapter 1. Traditional Cultures of the Middle East: The Cradle of Civilization and Politics
Chapter 2. The Foundations of Islam
Chapter 3. The Political Legacy of Islam, 632-1800 C.E.
Chapter 4. Western Imperialism 1800-1914 C.E.
Chapter 5. The Rise of the State System, 1914-1950
Chapter 6. The Drive or Self Determination, 1950-1990
Chapter 7. Turning Points
Chapter 8. The Politics of Religion, Culture, and Social Life
Chapter 9. Political Leadership in the Contemporary Middle East
Chapter 10. Political Elites
Chapter 11. The Economic Setting
Chapter 12. International Relations in the Contemporary Middle East, 1945-1990
Chapter 13. International Relations in the Contemporary Middle East, 1945-1990: The Regional Actors
Chapter 14. The Middle East and the Changing International Order: 1991-2001
