Books in the Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics series

This book addresses the major generators of conflict and toleration at shared holy places in Palestine and Israel. Examining the religious, political and legal issues, the authors show how the holy sites have been a focus of both conflict and cooperation between different communities.

Provides a comparative examination of a number of different refugee return situations in order to identify pre-requisites for an effective and durable Palestinian repatriation programme. This book contains contributions from members of the UN and other NGOs as well as academics.

This book analyses and explains the reasons for the religionization of Israeli society, a process known in Hebrew as hadata. It argues that this process had its origins in the 1967 war, has been accelerating since 2000, and is manifested in a number of key social fields.

Examines the several layers of surveillance that control the Palestinian population in Israel and the occupied territories, showing how they operate, how well they work, how they are augmented, and how ultimately their chief purpose is population control.

Shows that despite the prevalence of violent resistance by Palestinians, nonviolent activism was also frequently resorted to. This book demonstrates how such tactics have considerable support amongst the local population particularly when they are framed as a strategy rather than just as a moral preference.

Examines the role of NATO in the Middle East. This title reviews the strategic importance of the region and why it has become a source of instability, looks at US and international initiatives to counteract this instability and charts the development of NATO in this context.

The volume seeks to understand the role of Islamists, among other actors, in challenging authoritarian rule, addressing why they and other opposition forces failed to challenge existing regimes before 2011. Modern Middle East Authoritarianism also discusses how ruling elites adapted to international processes of economic neoliberalism in order to forge close relationships with the West, as well as how Arab autocrats used the United States¿ and other Western powers¿ (supposed) passionate support of democracy in the period after September 11 to entrench their rule.

This book addresses the major generators of conflict and toleration at shared holy places in Palestine and Israel. Examining the religious, political and legal issues, the authors show how the holy sites have been a focus of both conflict and cooperation between different communities.

This book examines Iranian foreign policy, with a focus on the years since 2001. The first part looks at the underpinnings and key foundations of the Islamic Republic¿s external behaviour: the role of power in driving foreign policy, the tension between ideology and pragmatism, the country¿s strategic culture and the importance of the nuclear program. The second part then examines Iran¿s relations with key countries and regions, with a focus on its more immediate environment and on its relations with great powers.

This book examines the nature of citizenship in Israel as pertaining to particular group demands and to the dynamics of political life in the public arena. Focusing on a wide range of social groups from the military, through ethnic minorities, religious groupings, and the gay and lesbian community, contributors explore different aspects of citizenship through the needs, demands and struggles of minority groups to provide a comprehensive picture of the dynamics of Israeli citizenship and the dilemmas that emerge at the collective, group and individual levels.

Provides an analysis and theoretical approaches to peacemaking and more particularly to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This book deals with the art of peacekeeping and the issue of intractable conflict, and looks into specific models for peacekeeping and applying them to the situation in Israel/Palestine.

National minorities and their behaviour have become a central topic in comparative politics. Using the relationship between the state of Israel and the Arab national minority as a case study, this book provides an examination of minority nationalism and state-minority relations.

Since the end of the 1980 coup d¿état Turkey has been in the midst of a complex process of democratization. Applying methodological pluralism in order to provide a comprehensive analysis of this process in a Turkish context, this book brings together contributions from prominent, Turkish, English, French, and Spanish scholars.Turkey¿s Democratization Process utilises the theoretical framework of J.J. Linz and A.C. Stepan in order to assess the complex process of democratization in Turkey. This framework takes into account five interacting features of Turkey¿s polity when making this assessment, namely: whether the underlying legal and socioeconomic conditions are conducive for the development of a free and participant society; if a relatively autonomous political society exists; whether there are legal guarantees for citizens¿ freedoms; if there exists a state bureaucracy which can be used by a democratic government; and whether the type and pace of Turkish economic development contributes to this process.Examining the Turkish case in light of this framework, this book seeks to combine analyses that will help assess the process of democratization in Turkey to date and will be of interest to scholars and researchers interested in Turkish Politics, Democratization and Middle Eastern Studies more broadly.

Provides a survey and analysis of US-Kurdish relations and their interaction with domestic, regional and global politics. Using the Kurdish issue to explore the nature of the engagement between international powers and weaker non-state entities, this book analyses the existence of an interactive US relationship with the Kurds.

In a tradition that dates back to the time of Thucydides, and the Peloponnesian War, the systematic examination of conflict and war has long been a preoccupation of political scientists seeking to resolve the enduring question: Why do wars occur? This title engages this question with a focus on explaining the conflict between Iran and Iraq.

The question of nationalism centres around the political, social, and cultural ways by which the concept and practice of a nation is constructed, and what it means to its various bearers. This book examines the issue of Jewish-Israeli nationalism, combining a sociological study of national culture with an analysis of Israeli national discourse.

Algeria has been engaged in a conflict pitching the army against Islamist guerilla groups which has killed more than 200,000 people. Algeria also witnessed the explosion of more than 70,000 voluntary associations, making it one of the most civic-dense countries in the Arab world. This book analyses the development of these associations in Algeria.

Focuses on the Jewish-Palestinian conflict within the state of Israel and the general issue of the role played by modern states in either mitigating majority-minority conflict or exacerbating it. This title includes chapters that focus on theoretical models, and comparable historical, legal or political patterns of development.

Examines some of the most pressing issues facing the Turkish political establishment, focusing on the issues of nationalism, the Kurds and political Islam.

Examines the impact of European political conditionality on the process of democratization in Turkey. Employing theoretical and conceptual approaches to the issue of EU conditionality, this book compares the case of Turkey to that of other European nations. It argues that Turkey became vulnerable to the European conditionality.

Democratization and the process of political reform is a critical issue in the contemporary Middle East and North Africa. This book looks at the situation in Morocco and examines the role of the monarchy and the relative strengths and weaknesses of the Islamic and secular/liberal groupings campaigning to shape the local politics and society.

Despite notable socio-economic development in the Arab region, a deficit in democracy and political rights has continued to prevail. This book examines the major reasons underlying the persistence of this democracy deficit over the past decades, drawing on case studies from across the Arab world to explore economic development, political institutions and social factors, and the impact of oil wealth and regional wars.

Provides an analysis of the machinery of government in Israel, highlighting the inadequacy of the private sector as an alternative and how public management may need to cope with the various challenges and pressures of the 21st century. This book gives a comprehensive analysis of the issue of public and private-sector management.

A comprehensive study of the effects of the EU's Mediterranean democracy promotion strategy on a single recipient state. It deals with EU democracy promotion inside Tunisia, examining democratization via association.

Offers a comprehensive analysis of the trilateral relationship between Turkey, Israel, and Azerbaijan. This book examines the commonalities of state identities that brought the countries together, the role of state institutions, the security dimension, and the influence of globalization.

Examines the Mizrahi Jews (Jews from the Muslim world) in Israel, focussing on social and political movements such as the Black Panthers and SHAS. This book charts the relations and political struggle between Ashkenazi-Zionists and the Mizrahim in Israel since the post-war relocation.