Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
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Economics and Politics in Turkey
Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
This book examines the interaction of politics and economics in Turkey. Applying the new political economy and public choice economics, it shows how politicians manipulate the economy for their own ends, for example by using fiscal and monetary policy, and by timing elections to coincide with...
To Be Published April 30th 2014 by Routledge
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China-Saudi Arabia Relations, 1990-2012
Marriage of Convenience or Strategic Alliance?
Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
This book focuses on the relationship established between China, the world’s second largest economy, and Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter. Due to Saudi Arabia’s dominance of the world oil market, China is increasingly focusing its attention on the Saudi Arabia as a reliable oil supplier...
To Be Published September 3rd 2013 by Routledge
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American Democracy Promotion in the Changing Middle East
From Bush to Obama
Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
The recent "Arab spring", with its popular uprisings in many Arab countries, has exposed the ambiguity at the heart of American promotion of democracy in the Middle East. The US invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq were packaged as democracy promotion, as heralding the beginning of a new phase in the...
Published October 31st 2012 by Routledge
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Social and Gender Inequality in Oman
The Power of Religious and Political Tradition
Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
Looking at the social, political and legal changes in Oman since 1970, this book challenges the Islamic and tribal traditional cultural norms relating to marriage, divorce and women’s rights which guide social and legal practice in the modern Omani state. The book argues that despite the...
Published October 18th 2012 by Routledge
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The Sudanese Communist Party
Ideology and Party Politics
Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
This book serves as a case study of the Sudanese Communist Party and its impact as a grassroots movement that championed the Sudanese people. It accomplishes this by providing a rich narrative that details the SCP's inception, main players, important milestones and values of the Party. In this...
Published July 22nd 2012 by Routledge
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The Muslim Brotherhood in Contemporary Egypt
Democracy Redefined or Confined?
Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
The Muslim Brotherhood is one of the oldest and most influential Islamist movements. As the party ascends to power in Egypt, it is poised to adopt a new system of governance and state–society relations, the effects of which are likely to extend well beyond Egypt’s national borders. This book...
Published April 30th 2012 by Routledge
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Iran-Turkey Relations, 1979-2011
Conceptualising the Dynamics of Politics, Religion and Security in Middle-Power States
Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
Both Turkey and Iran are large and important countries in the Middle East; how these two countries relate to each other is of crucial importance both for the region and for the wider world. This book explores the diplomatic, security and energy relations of these two middle power states since 1979,...
Published October 9th 2011 by Routledge
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Iran and the International System
Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
Much attention in the West has focused on Iran as a problem country. This book challenges the representations of Iran as a hostile regional power led by ideologues, and goes further by discussing how international relations are viewed from inside Iran itself, outlining the factors which underpin...
Published July 27th 2011 by Routledge
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Palestinian Christians in Israel
State Attitudes towards Non-Muslims in a Jewish State
Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
Although Christians form a significant proportion of the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel, very little research has, until now, been undertaken to examine their complicated position within Israel. This book demonstrates the limits of analyses which characterise state-minority relations in Israel...
Published July 26th 2011 by Routledge
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The International Politics of the Red Sea
Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
This pioneering book is the first comprehensive study of the Red Sea as a sub-region of the international system in its own right. Examining the international politics of the Red Sea region from the Cold War to the present day, it argues that the Red Sea area demonstrates the characteristics of a...
Published July 7th 2011 by Routledge
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Islamic Entrepreneurship
Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
This book discusses the idea that there is a specific Islamic form of entrepreneurship. Based on extensive original research amongst small and medium sized enterprises in Saudi Arabia, it shows how businesses are started and how they grow in the context of an Islamic economy and society. It argues...
Published December 6th 2010 by Routledge
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Islam in the Eyes of the West
Images and Realities in an Age of Terror
Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
From the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in New York to the Madrid and London bombings of 2004 and 2005, the presence of Muslim communities in the West has generated security issues and major political concern. The government, the media, and the general public have raised questions...
Published June 27th 2010 by Routledge
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Iraq, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World
Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
Iraq, democracy and Islam are powerful global forces which shape not only many aspects of the lives of Muslims, but the lives of other citizens of the world as well. This book explores many of the challenging questions posed by the interconnections between these three forces, concentrating on...
Published June 23rd 2010 by Routledge
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Islamic Extremism in Kuwait
From the Muslim Brotherhood to Al-Qaeda and other Islamic Political Groups
Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
This book is the first to provide a complete overview of Islamic extremism in Kuwait. It traces the development of Islamist fundamentalist groups in Kuwait, both Shiite and Sunni, from the beginning of the twentieth century. It outlines the nature and origins of the many different groups, considers...
Published April 29th 2010 by Routledge
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Palestinian Politics and the Middle East Peace Process
Consensus and Competition in the Palestinian Negotiating Team
Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
Eight years after the second Palestinian uprising, the Oslo accords signed in 1993 seem to have failed. The reasons for the failure continue to fascinate students, politicians, researchers and policymakers alike. This book explores one of the major aspects of the bilateral peace process – the...
Published December 20th 2009 by Routledge
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Contested Sudan
The Political Economy of War and Reconstruction
Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
Since gaining independence in 1956, Sudan has endured a troubled history, including the longest civil war in African history in Southern Sudan and more recent conflicts such as the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. This book explores this history of ensuing conflict, examining why Sudan failed to...
Published December 17th 2008 by Routledge
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Monetary Union in the Gulf
Prospects for a Single Currency in the Arabian Peninsula
Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
At a time of momentous shifts in the balance of world economic forces epitomized by the current oil price boom, the weakening US dollar and the global credit crunch; the meteoric rise of the Arabian peninsula cannot be understated. Neither, therefore, can their planned monetary union. As key...
Published July 29th 2008 by Routledge
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Iran-Europe Relations
Challenges and Opportunities
Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
This book provides an assessment of relations between Iran and Europe, identifying the areas of common interest as well as the issues of conflict, whilst putting contemporary relations into their proper context with an account of their development since the early years of the twentieth century....
Published May 21st 2008 by Routledge
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Islands and International Politics in the Persian Gulf
The Abu Musa and Tunbs in Strategic Context
Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
The position of the Persian Gulf as the main highway between East and West has long given this region special significance both within the Middle East and in global affairs more generally. This book examines the history of international relations in the Gulf since the 1820s as great powers such as...
Published May 1st 2008 by Routledge