Books in the Arab and Islamic Studies series

Presents the problems and prospects for privatization of state-run economies and other liberalization efforts in a range of countries throughout the Middle East and North Africa. This title demonstrates that it is the politics of such reforms that often determines the success or failure of economic policy changes.

Traces the emergence of a modern political elite in the West Bank and Gaza in the 1980s and the grassroots political and social revolution it launched during the Intifada.

Mark Tessler's highly praised, comprehensive, and balanced history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the earliest times to the present-updated through the first years of the 21st century-provides a constructive framework for understanding recent developments and assessing the prospects for future peace. Drawing upon a wide array of documents and on research by Palestinians, Israelis, and others, Tessler assesses the conflict on both the Israelis' and the Palestinians' terms. New chapters in this expanded edition elucidate the Oslo peace process, including the reasons for its failure, and the political dynamics in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza at a critical time of transition.