Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics
About the Book Series
This series is concerned with recent political developments in the region. It will have a range of different approaches and include both single authored monographs and edited volumes covering issues such as international relations, foreign intervention, security, political Islam, democracy, ideology and public policy.
The Arab State: Dilemmas of Late Formation
1st Edition
By Adham Saouli
March 07, 2014
This book explores the conditions of state formation and survival in the Middle East. Based on Historical Sociology, it provides a model for study of the state in the Arab world and a theory to explain its survival. Examining states as a ‘process’, the author argues that what emerged in the ...
The Arab State and Women's Rights: The Trap of Authoritarian Governance
1st Edition
By Elham Manea
March 07, 2014
Researchers studying gender politics in Arab societies have been puzzled by a phenomenon common in many Arab states – while women are granted suffrage rights, they are often discriminated against by the state in their private lives. This book addresses this phenomenon, maintaining that the Arab ...
The Contradictions of Israeli Citizenship: Land, Religion and State
1st Edition
Edited
By Guy Ben-Porat, Bryan Turner
March 07, 2014
This book provides an integrated analysis of the complex nature of citizenship in Israel. Contributions from leading social and political theorists explore different aspects of citizenship through the demands and struggles of minority groups to provide a comprehensive picture of the dynamics of ...
The Kurds and US Foreign Policy: International Relations in the Middle East since 1945
1st Edition
By Marianna Charountaki
March 07, 2014
This book provides a detailed survey and analysis of US–Kurdish relations and their interaction with domestic, regional and global politics. Using the Kurdish issue to explore the nature of the engagement between international powers and weaker non-state entities, the author analyses the existence ...
Arab Minority Nationalism in Israel: The Politics of Indigeneity
1st Edition
By Amal Jamal
February 25, 2014
National minorities and their behaviour have become a central topic in comparative politics in the last few decades. Using the relationship between the state of Israel and the Arab national minority as a case study, this book provides a thorough examination of minority nationalism and ...
Israeli Nationalism: Social conflicts and the politics of knowledge
1st Edition
By Uri Ram
February 25, 2014
The question of nationalism centres around the political, social, and cultural ways by which the concept and practice of a nation is constructed, and what it means to its various bearers. This book examines the issue of Jewish-Israeli nationalism, combining a sociological study of national culture ...
The Iran-Iraq War: Antecedents and Conflict Escalation
1st Edition
By Jerome D. Donovan
February 25, 2014
In a tradition that dates back to the time of Thucydides, and the Peloponnesian War, the systematic examination of conflict and war has long been a preoccupation of political scientists seeking to resolve the enduring question: Why do wars occur? This study directly engages this question with a ...
Ethnic Politics in Israel: The Margins and the Ashkenazi Centre
1st Edition
By As'ad Ghanem
December 11, 2013
This book offers an analysis on contemporary Israeli democracy, examining in particular society and politics from the perspectives of the different ethnic groups outside of the Ashkenazi mainstream. The book explores the political expressions of the secondary groups in Israel (Mizrahim, Religious,...
Surveillance and Control in Israel/Palestine: Population, Territory and Power
1st Edition
Edited
By Elia Zureik, David Lyon, Yasmeen Abu-Laban
November 08, 2013
Surveillance is always a means to an end, whether that end is influence, management or entitlement. This book examines the several layers of surveillance that control the Palestinian population in Israel and the Occupied Territories, showing how they operate, how well they work, how they are ...
Turkey's Entente with Israel and Azerbaijan: State Identity and Security in the Middle East and Caucasus
1st Edition
By Alexander Murinson
August 06, 2013
With the end of the Cold War came a new political instability in Turkey and a shift in relations with the West, leading the government to adopt new foreign policies and forge alliances with neighbouring states. This book offers a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the evolution of the ...
Islamists and Secularists in Egypt: Opposition, Conflict & Cooperation
1st Edition
By Dina Shehata
June 24, 2013
In a detailed analysis of the continued survival of authoritarian governments in the Arab world, this book uses Egypt as a case study to address the timely and complex issue of democratization in the Middle East. This book examines how relations between different actors in the Egyptian opposition ...
Turkish Politics and the Rise of the AKP: Dilemmas of Institutionalization and Leadership Strategy
1st Edition
By Arda Can Kumbaracibasi
June 24, 2013
The Justice and Development Party (AKP) has been in power since 2002. This book is the first book-length analysis to chart the rise and development of the party from its Islamist roots through to government, analysing in particular its internal organisation and dynamics. Since its foundation ...