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Politics and Change in the Middle East : Sources of Conflict and Accommodation

ISBN: 9780136218227 | 0136218229
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference
Pub. Date: 7/1/1997

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SummaryTable of Contents
This text takes thematic and multidisciplinary approaches 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.
Prefaceix(4)
Introductionxiii
Politics and Conflictxiv(1)
Approaches to Social Changexv
1 Traditional Cultures of the Middle East: The Cradle of Ci... MORE
1(12)
Foundations of Social Diversity
3(6)
Unity in Diversity
9(4)
2 The Foundations of Islam
13(19)
Central Beliefs of Islam
14(2)
Pre-Islamic Arab Ethics
16(2)
The Social Setting of Mecca
18(3)
Muhammad's Ministry
21(6)
Five Popular Misconceptions About Islam
27(4)
Conclusion
31(1)
3 The Political Legacy of Islam, A.D. 632-1800
32(20)
The Establishment of the Islamic State
33(2)
The Golden Age of the Caliphate
35(3)
Mongol Destruction and the Rebirth of Empire
38(3)
Growth and Decline in the Islamic State
41(1)
Legitimacy in Government
42(2)
The Sharia Law
44(1)
The Shia
45(1)
Sufism
46(1)
Islam and Radical Politics
47(3)
Diversity in Islamic Political Thought
50(2)
4 Western Imperialism, 1800-1914
52(15)
Setting the Stage
53(1)
The Ottomans
54(3)
Egypt
57(3)
The Levant
60(1)
The Arabian Peninsula
60(2)
Iran
62(4)
Conclusion
66(1)
5 The Rise of the State System, 1914-1950
67(19)
The McMahon-Husein Correspondence
68(3)
The Mandates
71(3)
Egypt
74(3)
Saudi Arabia
77(1)
Turkey and Iran
78(2)
From Palestine to Israel
80(4)
Conclusion
84(2)
6 The Drive for Self-Determination
86(41)
The New Arab Nationalism
87(12)
Petroleum and the Gulf
99(8)
Israel
107(12)
The Palestinians and the 1988 Uprising
119(6)
Conclusion
125(2)
7 Turning Points
127(16)
Arab Nationalism
128(8)
From Oslo to Jerusalem
136(6)
Conclusion
142(1)
8 The Politics of Religion, Culture, and Social Life
143(32)
The Politics of Culture
144(3)
The Contemporary Politics of Islam
147(3)
Turkey: Radical Westernization and the Durability of Islam
150(3)
Egypt: The Labyrinth of Possibilities
153(5)
Saudi Arabia: An Islamic Camelot?
158(4)
Iran and the Islamic Republic
162(5)
Sexual Politics
167(7)
Conclusion
174(1)
9 Political Elites
175(27)
Traditional, Transitional, and Technically Modernizing Elites
178(23)
Conclusion
201(1)
10 Political Leadership in the Contemporary Middle East
202(25)
Traditional Leadership
202(5)
Charismatic Leadership
207(4)
Modern Bureaucratic Leadership
211(3)
Consequences of Leadership Styles
214(1)
Traditional States
214(2)
Modern Bureaucratic States
216(6)
Charismatic Rule
222(3)
Conclusion
225(2)
11 The Economic Setting
227(38)
The Economic Record
229(2)
Organization of Economic Activity
231(7)
Land Policies
238(5)
Agricultural Policies
243(1)
Water
244(3)
Population
247(8)
Industry
255(1)
Petroleum
256(7)
Conclusion
263(2)
12 International Relations in the Contemporary Middle East: 1945-1990
265(21)
The Great-Power System and the Middle East
269(1)
U.S. Foreign Policy
269(10)
Soviet Foreign Policy
279(3)
Britain and France
282(2)
China and Japan
284(1)
Conclusion
285(1)
13 International Relations in the Contemporary Middle East, 1945-1990: The Regional Actors
286(33)
Palestinian International Action
290(4)
OPEC and Islam
294(2)
The Foreign Policies of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Israel
296(22)
Conclusion
318(1)
14 The Middle East and the Changing International Order
319(36)
Dimensions of the Changing International Order
321(1)
The Middle East in the Emerging International Order
322(1)
The Iraq-Kuwait Crisis
323(10)
The Arabs and Israelis
333(7)
Superpowers and Great Powers
340(13)
Conclusion
353(2)
Country Profiles355(24)
Glossary379(5)
Index384

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