Politics and change in the Middle East : sources of conflict and accommodation / Roy R. Andersen, Robert F. Seibert, Jon G. Wagner
- Author:
- Andersen, Roy
- Published:
- Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [date of publication not identified][1993]
- Copyright Date:
- ©1993
- Edition:
- 4th ed.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 378 pages : maps ; 23 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Seibert, Robert F. and Wagner, Jon G.
- Contents:
- Introduction ---- 1. Traditional Cultures of the Middle East: The Cradle of Civilization and Politics --- 2. The Foundations of Islam --- 3. The Political Legacy of Islam, A.D. 632-1800 --- 4. Western Imperialism, 1800-1914 --- 5. The Rise of the State System, 1914-1950 --- 6. The Drive for Self-Determination --- 7. The Politics of Religion, Culture, and Social Life --- 8. Political Elites --- 9. Political Leadership in the Contemporary Middle East --- 10. The Economic Setting --- 11. International Relations in the Contemporary Middle East: 1945-1990 --- 12. International Relations in the Contemporary Middle East, 1945-1990: The Regional Actors --- 13. The Middle East and the Changing International Order ---- Country profiles.
- Summary:
- This book employs a multidisciplinary approach (political science, economics, history, anthropology) to explain the current political dynamics of the region. It avoids a country-by-country approach in favor of a thematic approach that integrates regional experiences into a whole. Major themes include political development, economic development, international relations, Islam - mainstream and jihadist, colonialism and post-colonialism; and recent political changes, with particular emphasis on the U.S. intervention in Iraq and the rising interest in democracy regionally.
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- ISBN:
- 013682840X
9780136828402 - Note:
- Includes glossary.
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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