Middle East Studies Paperbacks

New and Published Books – Page 2

11. Zionist Israel and Apartheid South Africa

    Civil society and peace building in ethnic-national states

    By Amneh Badran

    Series: Routledge Studies on the Arab-Israeli Conflict

    This book is a comparison of two ethnic-national "apartheid" states – South Africa and Israel – which have been in conflict, and how internal dissent has developed. In particular it examines the evolution of effective white protest in South Africa and explores the reasons why comparably powerful...

    Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
12. Ethnic Politics in Israel

    The Margins and the Ashkenazi Centre

    By As'ad Ghanem

    Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics

    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,...

    Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
13. Turkish Politics and the Rise of the AKP

    Dilemmas of Institutionalization and Leadership Strategy

    By Arda Can Kumbaracibasi

    Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics

    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...

    Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
14. Turkey and the Global Economy

    Neo-Liberal Restructuring and Integration in the Post-Crisis Era

    Edited by Ziya Onis, Fikret Senses

    Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Economies

    Since the financial crisis of 2000 and 2001 the Turkish economy has undergone considerable change and some improvement. This book gives a detailed examination of the neo-liberal restructuring that has taken place and the challenges the economy still faces, providing a comparative perspective on...

    Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
15. Pearls Arms & Hashish

    By Monfried

    Published May 23rd 2013 by Routledge
16. Understanding the Middle East Peace Process

    Israeli Academia and the Struggle for Identity

    By Asima Ghazi-Bouillon

    Series: Routledge Studies on the Arab-Israeli Conflict

    Tracing the evolution of the Israeli academic debate over history, politics, and collective identity, Understanding the Middle East Peace Process examines the Middle East peace process since Oslo and follows the discursive struggle over Israeli collective identity. Based on interviews with key...

    Published May 9th 2013 by Routledge
17. The Accidental Tourist, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, and the British Invasion of Egypt in 1882

    By Michael Berdine

    Series: Middle East Studies: History, Politics & Law

    This fascinating account highlights the extent the world's major powers will go to as they seek to insure their own interests and agendas, despite the wishes of those whose countries they invade and occupy. The Accidental Tourist profiles Wilfrid Scawen Blunt's involvement in the so-called Arabi...

    Published April 30th 2013 by Routledge
18. Legislating Authority

    Sin and Crime in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey

    By Ruth Miller

    Series: Middle East Studies: History, Politics & Law

    Legislation Authority addresses issues of law, state violence, and state authority within the Ottoman and Turkish context....

    Published April 30th 2013 by Routledge
19. Mulla Sadra and Metaphysics

    Modulation of Being

    By Sajjad H. Rizvi

    Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

    Mulla Sadra is one of the most important Islamic philosophers after Avicenna. In this exploration of his philosophy, Sajjad H. Rizvi examines the central doctrine of the modulation of being, and contextualises his work within the intellectual history of philosophical traditions in the Islamic East....

    Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
20. Middle Eastern Belongings

    Edited by Diane E. King

    This book features chapters that examine the various ways of belonging in the Middle East. Belonging can mean fitting in, feeling at home, feeling a part; this kind of belonging is profoundly social. Belongings can be possessions, objects closely associated with one’s deepest notions of...

    Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge