Understanding the contemporary Middle East
By: edited by Jillian Schwedler
Edition: Fourth edition.
Series: Understanding: introductions to the states and regions of the contemporary world; Understanding (Boulder, Colo.)
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 487
ISBN-13: 9781588269102
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Middle East : a geographic preface  -- Ian R. Manners, -- Barbara McKean Parmenter, -- Ryan King; title: The historical context  -- Arthur Goldschmidt Jr.; title: Middle Eastern politics  -- Philip A. Schrodt, -- Deborah J. Gerner; title: International relations  -- Mary Ann Tétreault; title: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict  -- Simona Sharoni, -- Mohammed Abu-Nimer; title: The economies of the Middle East  -- Agnieszka Paczynska; title: The political economy of Middle Eastern oil  -- Mary Ann Tétreault; title: Population growth, urbanization, and the challenges of unemployment  -- Valetine M. Moghadam; title: Kinship, class, and ethnicity  -- Laurie King-Irani; title: The role of women  -- Lisa Pollard; title: Religion and politics in the Middle East  -- Jillian Schwedler; title: Middle Eastern literature  -- Miriam Cooke; title: Trends and prospects -- Jillian Schwedler.