Understanding the Contemporary Middle East / / ed. by Jillian Schwedler, Deborah J. Gerner.

Treats the crucial issues facing this complex region at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]
©2004
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Understanding: Introductions to the States and Regions of the Contemporary World
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Physical Description:1 online resource (477 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Middle East: A Geographic Preface
  • 3 The Historical Context
  • 4 Middle Eastern Politics
  • 5 International Relations
  • 6 The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
  • 7 The Economies of the Middle East
  • 8 The Political Economy of Middle Eastern Oil
  • 9 Population Growth, Urbanization, and the Challenges of Unemployment
  • 10 Kinship, Class, and Ethnicity
  • 11 The Role of Women
  • 12 Religion and Politics in the Middle East
  • 13 Middle Eastern Literature
  • 14 Trends and Prospects
  • Acronyms
  • Basic Political Data
  • The Contributors
  • Index
  • About the Book