Changing patterns of power in the Middle East
By: special editors of this volume, Thomas Naff, Marvin E. Wolfgang
Series: The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science -- v. 482
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Beverly Hills
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Arab-Israeli conflict; Politics and government; Foreign relations
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Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface / -- Thomas Naff and -- Marvin E Wolfgang; title: New opportunity for peace in the Middle East  -- El Sayed Abdel Raouf El Reedy; title: U S policy and the Arab-Israeli conflict : observations on the current scene  -- Philip H Stoddard; title: Patterns of Soviet policy toward the Middle East  -- Robert O Freedman; title: Water : an emerging issue in the Middle East?  -- Frederick W Frey and Thomas Naff; title: Rule of the clerics in the Islamic republic of Iran  -- Marvin Zonis; title: Changing actors and leadership among the Shiites of Lebanon  -- Augustus Richard Norton; title: Elections and legitimacy in the Middle East  -- Dankwart A Rustow; title: Businessmen's associations in Egypt and Turkey  -- Robert Bianchi; title: Media coverage of the Middle East : perception and foreign policy -- Jack G Shaheen -- Report of the Board of Directors -- Book department -- Index.