Politics in the Middle East
5th Edition
Published on 6. June 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
350 pages
978-0-321-00537-3 (ISBN)
Description
This new edition of the best-selling Politics in the Middle East is an analysis of systems and processes in Middle Eastern politics that focuses on the themes of power, stratification, and development. Special emphasis is placed upon the forces of social change as they sweep across the region. This study also includes emphasis on such important issues as the role of civil society, the patterns of leadership, the resurgence of Islam, the role of women, the upheaval in the Persian Gulf, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and U.S. foreign policy.
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Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 162 mm
Width: 234 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
463 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-321-00537-3 (9780321005373)
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Other editions
New editions
James A. Bill | Robert Springborg | Guilain P. Denoeux
Politics in the Middle East
Book
approx. 02/2049
6th Edition
Pearson
€32.23
Article is exhausted; no reprint
James A. Bill | Carl Leiden | Robert Springborg
Politics in the Middle East
Book
07/2003
6th Edition
Addison Wesley
€38.43
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Previous edition
Content
Preface.
1. Political Development and the Challenge of Modernization.
2. States, Beliefs, and Ideologies.
3. The Genes of Politics: Groups, Classes and Families.
4. The Politics of Patrimonial Leadership.
5. The Politics of Leaders and Change.
6. Institutions of Government: Militaries, Bureaucracies, and Legislatures.
7. The Arab-Israeli Connection: The Politics of Competitive State-Building.
8. The Politics of War and Revolution in the Persian Gulf.
9. Petroleum, Politics, and Development.
Index.
1. Political Development and the Challenge of Modernization.
2. States, Beliefs, and Ideologies.
3. The Genes of Politics: Groups, Classes and Families.
4. The Politics of Patrimonial Leadership.
5. The Politics of Leaders and Change.
6. Institutions of Government: Militaries, Bureaucracies, and Legislatures.
7. The Arab-Israeli Connection: The Politics of Competitive State-Building.
8. The Politics of War and Revolution in the Persian Gulf.
9. Petroleum, Politics, and Development.
Index.