Middle East Studies

By Sanford R. Silverburg, Bernard Reich

This bibliography, first published in 1990, is a result of a quarter-century professional and personal relationship between two academics interested in Middle East studies. The comprehensive bibliography consists of western, primarily English, language sources published through 1988 and early 1989…

Hardback – 2015-07-19
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Routledge Library Editions: Politics of the Middle East

Edited by Kjetil Selvik, Bjørn Olav Utvik

Oil has been central to regime survival for oil states across the Arabian Peninsula and has been at the heart of their attempts to defuse the wave of Arab revolutions. However, in 2011 revolution hit Libya, the most oil dependent regime in the Middle East. The political storm winds that have swept…

Hardback – 2015-07-01
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Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Democratization and Government

By Ahed Alhouis

Since the war started in Syria, the Obama administration has been reluctant to intervene militarily but unhesitating in adopting an antagonistic attitude towards the Assad regime. In fact, for decades the U.S. foreign policy towards Syria has been characterised as confrontational, antagonistic and…

Hardback – 2015-06-29
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Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy

Edited by Florence Bergeaud-Blackler, Johan Fischer, John Lever

In today’s globalized world, halal (meaning ‘permissible’ or ‘lawful’) is about more than food. Politics, power and ethics all play a role in the halal industry in setting new standards for production, trade, consumption and regulation. The question of how modern halal markets are constituted is…

Paperback – 2015-07-22
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By David Morgan

Medieval Persia 1040-1797 charts the remarkable history of Persia from its conquest by the Muslim Arabs in the seventh century AD to the modern period at the end of the eighteenth century, when the impact of the west became pervasive. David Morgan argues that understanding this complex period of…

Paperback – 2015-07-07
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Edited by Nahed Eltantawy

The traditional image of the Middle Eastern woman, as portrayed by the Western media, has tended to be one of a woman oppressed by men and religion. Veiling intensifies this image of supposed powerlessness and imprisonment. However, the Arab Spring uprisings have introduced the West to women in the…

Hardback – 2015-07-05
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