Routledge Library Editions: Politics of the Middle East
Arab and Regional Politics in the Middle East
1st Edition
By P.J. Vatikiotis
December 03, 2018
Three main themes are explored in this book, first published in 1984: the first is the problem of religion and politics as a major and long-standing preoccupation of Middle-easterners or Arab Muslims themselves; the second is that of the conflict-ridden inter-Arab and regional politics, approached ...
The Arabian Peninsula: Society and Politics
1st Edition
Edited
By Derek Hopwood
December 21, 2016
Although the Arabian Peninsula is the heartland of Islam and of the Arab world, for decades it did not receive the attention it deserves from scholars and writers. The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and the Middle East Centre of St Antony’s College, Oxford, jointly ...
Beyond Coercion: Durability of the Arab State
1st Edition
Edited
By Adeed Dawisha, I. William Zartman
December 16, 2016
This book explores the origins, foundations, impact and stability of Arab states. It analyses the process of stabilisation amongst the Arab states, a process that has contradicted all predictions of impending disintegration and political collapse....
Revolution in the Middle East
1st Edition
Edited
By P.J. Vatikiotis
December 16, 2016
What does revolution mean in the Middle East? Can the Middle East experience be compared with revolution in China, Latin America and East Europe? These questions are the focus of this book, first published in 1972, which examines the revolutionary significance of the major economic, social and ...
The Middle East and the Western Alliance
1st Edition
Edited
By Steven L. Spiegel
December 16, 2016
This volume, first published in 1982, provides a comprehensive analysis of the problems affecting the interests of the Western Alliance (the North Americans, the Europeans and the Japanese), the Middle East states, and the Soviet Union. The authors, all internationally recognized experts in their ...
The Politics of Arab Integration
1st Edition
Edited
By Giacomo Luciani, Ghassan Salamé
December 16, 2016
This volume, first published in 1988, is the result of a major research project, the most important inquiry into the fundamental political structure of the Arab world. It is often argued that Arab states are arbitrary political creations that lack historical or present legitimacy and are unable to ...
The Red Sea Region: Local Actors and the Superpowers
1st Edition
By Roberto Aliboni
December 16, 2016
Since the late 1970s the Red Sea has become extremely important both in international politics and regional affairs. This situation came about because of the growing Soviet presence in the Horn of Africa and Saudi efforts to have the Red Sea treated as an ‘Arab Lake’. This book, first published in ...
The Rentier State
1st Edition
Edited
By Hazem Beblawi, Giacomo Luciani
December 16, 2016
This volume, first published in 1987, is devoted to a discussion of interrelations of the economic base with the cultural, social and political structures, and of its impact on the state. The ‘rentier states’ of the Middle East, which derive of substantial part of their revenue from foreign sources...
The USSR and the Muslim World: Issues in Domestic and Foreign Policy
1st Edition
By Yaacov Ro'i
December 16, 2016
The large and rapidly increasing Muslim population of the USSR put an immense strain on the Soviet political system, dominated as it is by Russians. The problems were not confined to internal tensions between ethnic groups but extend also to relations with neighbouring Muslim states, as the ...
Middle Eastern Themes: Papers in History and Politics
1st Edition
By Jacob M. Landau
December 14, 2016
This volume, first published in 1973, brings together a wide range of Professor Landau’s work on recent Middle Eastern history and politics, reflecting the breadth of the author’s concern and research. The first section deals with aspects of political organisation in the Middle East, largely Egypt,...
The Arab State
1st Edition
Edited
By Giacomo Luciani
December 14, 2016
It has often been argued that Arab states are arbitrary political creations, lacking historical or present legitimacy. This book, first published in 1990, provides a different picture of ‘the Arab state’, drawing on historical, economic, philosophical and sociological perspectives to give a ...
The Arabs in Israel: A Political Study
1st Edition
By Jacob M. Landau
December 14, 2016
This book, first published in 1969, presents a comprehensive survey and analysis of the political behaviour of the Arabs in Israel, covering the period from the founding of the State to the Six-Day War in 1967. While the socio-economic background is outlined, the chief emphasis is on the political ...