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Small State, Big Politics
The Persian Gulf state of Qatar has fewer than 2 million inhabitants, virtually no potable water, and has been an independent nation only since 1971. ...
A Political History Since the First World War
From the fall of the Ottoman Empire through the Arab Spring, this title offers a classic treatise on the making of the contemporary Middle East remain...
A Political History since the First World War
Since it was first published in 2006, this concise overview of the making of the contemporary Middle East has become essential reading for students an...
A Framework for Analysis
Comparative politics has undergone significant theoretical changes in recent decades. Particularly since the 1980s, a new generation of scholars have ...
The 2011 Arab uprisings and their subsequent aftermath have thrown into question some of our long-held assumptions about the foundational aspects of t...
Power and Resilience in Iran
Since the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979, the Iranian political system has been subject to diminishing legitimacy. In recent ye...
From the Qajars to the Pahlavis
This rich dynastic study examines the political histories of Iran's last two monarchical dynasties, the Qajars and the Pahlavis. Tracing the rise and ...
This book is a welcome new edition, which completely updates and revises the very popular first edition, Politics and Society in the Third World. Mehr...
History, Geography, and the Road Ahead
The โtwo-state solutionโ is the official policy of Israel, the United States, the United Nations, and the Palestinian Authority alike. However, in...
This collection of essays provides an overview of how the current situation in the Middle East has come about, and how regional actors are likely to p...
Rethinking Politics and Modernity : a Reader
"Mehran Kamrava has compiled a selection from some of the leading Muslim reformist thinkers whose voices have often been muted and marginalized. These...
Reforming Politics and Modernity. Mehran Kamrava, Editor: Reforming Politics and Modernity: A Reader
Over the years, a significant discourse has emerged from a number of prominent Muslim thinkers who wish to reformulate Islamic theology & jurisprudenc...
Since its revolution in 1979, Iran has been viewed as the bastion of radical Islam and a sponsor of terrorism. The focus on its volatile internal poli...
From rebellion to revolution -- Social movements and revolution -- Revolutionary states -- Revolutionary polities....
The Roots of Turmoil
Observers of Iran have often ascribed the main cause of the revolution to economic problems under the Shahโs regime. This book, first published in 1...
In Search of Iran's Islamic Republic
Triumph and Despair tells the dramatic story of post-revolutionary Iran's first four decades, from its establishment in 1979 until today. The revoluti...
Insecurity in the Persian Gulf
This text examines the causes and consequences of each of those dynamics, both individually and collectively, that have made this small waterway and i...
Culture and Society in the Middle East
Drawing on the disciplines of history, sociology, political science, and cultural anthropology, as well as an extensive bibliography of recent publica...
An Encyclopedia of Life in the Islamic Republic [2 volumes]
Iran dominates the media headlines once again and has taken center stage in the U.S. and European Union strategy toward the Middle East. A more nuance...
Weak States in the Greater Middle East
This CIRS research initiative on weak states in the Middle East begins with a critical analysis of current definitions and terminology of weak and fra...
Theology and Theocracy in the Islamic Republic
This study provides a comprehensive examination of the evolution of Islam as a ruling framework in postrevolutionary Iran up to the present day. Begin...
Reforming Politics and Modernity : a Reader
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Examines developing countries from social, cultural, political, and economic viewpoints, exploring the factors contributing to the presence or absence...
From Tribalism to Theocracy
This book offers a concise and comprehensive examination of Iran's political history from the establishment of the Qajar dynasty in 1785 until the pre...
The Great Game in West Asia examines the strategic competition between Iran and Turkey for power and influence in the South Caucasus. These neighborin...
First Published in 1999. This book does not aim to offer a new or radically different interpretation of the ongoing debate over cultural geography. Ka...
Reforming Politics and Modernity - a Reader
"Over the last decade, at a time when the forces of 'Islamic fundamentalism' appear to be the dominant face of Islam in the West, a vibrant and equall...
The nuclear age is coming to the Middle East. Understanding the scope and motivations for this development and its implications for global security is...
In some Persian Gulf countries, expatriate workers make up as much as eighty-five to ninety percent of the population. Unsurprisingly, these states sp...
Power and Institutions in Iran
Assesses the atomized nature of power in Iran and how, within its political system, competition for influence continues unabated....
Some Persian Gulf states have capitalized on the quick pace of globalized fiscal transactions, transforming themselves into important markets for fore...
State and Society in the Information Age
In recent years, the Middle East's information and communication landscape has changed dramatically. Increasingly, states, businesses, and citizens ar...
Port Cities in the Gulf
Within a matter of decades, Gulf port cities have rapidly evolved from regional centers of cultural and economic exchange to globalizing cities deeply...