Books in the The Contemporary Middle East series

The second edition of Professor Lockman's book brings his original analysis up to date by considering how the study of the Middle East has evolved in the intervening years, in the context of the US occupation of Iraq and the 'global war on terror'.

Focusing on the fundamental reasons underlying its lasting crisis, this book frames contemporary Yemen and assesses prospects beyond the conflict, identifying the factors which will determine its future internal and international characteristics.

Focusing on the fundamental reasons underlying its lasting crisis, this book frames contemporary Yemen and assesses prospects beyond the conflict, identifying the factors which will determine its future internal and international characteristics.

This book provides an introduction to contemporary Sudan, outlining the evolution of the state with emphasis on its post-independence experience. It includes chapters on the politics, history and economy of the country.

Examines the pre-civil war system, the circumstances of its formation, its unique characteristics, its weaknesses and dynamics. This title analyses how circumstances resulting from the civil war combined with essential pre-war elements to define the contemporary political processes in Lebanon.

In this 2010 edition of their book, Clement Henry and Robert Springborg reflect on what has happened to the economic development in the Middle East and North Africa since 2001. Utilizing their previous research, they demonstrate how the monarchies and conditional democracies continue to do better than the military dictatorships.

Dawn Chatty's book traces the history of those who, as a reconstructed Middle East emerged at the beginning of the twentieth century, found themselves cut off from their homelands, refugees in a new world, with borders created out of the ashes of war and the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

A general introduction to contemporary Turkey focusing on recent developments in politics, economics and international relations set against the formation and ideology of the Turkish state.

This book explores the complex challenges facing Israel and the extent to which its present state structures and institutions can adapt and accommodtae themselves to the diversity of security threats that it now faces.

Joel Beinin's survey of subaltern history in the Middle East demonstrates lucidly and compellingly how the lives, experiences and culture of working people can inform our historical understanding. Beginning in the middle of the eighteenth century, the book charts the history of peasants, urban artisans and modern working-classes across the lands of the Ottoman empire and its Muslim-majority successor-states, including the Balkans, Turkey, the Arab Middle East and North Africa. Inspired by the approach of the Indian Subaltern Studies school, the book is the first to offer a synthesized critical assessment of the scholarly work on the social history of this region for the last twenty years. It offers insights into the political, economic and social life of ordinary men and women and their apprehension of their own experiences. Students will find it rich in narrative detail, and accessible and authoritative in presentation.

This study examines the development of the Syrian state under 35 years of military-Ba'thist rule, particularly under President Hafiz al-Asad. It analyses how the Ba'th's 'revolution from above' transformed Syria's socio-political terrain.

Provides analytical account of the development of the Saudi state, through three stages. This book presents the country's historical and religious background, its oil rentier economy and its international role, showing how they interact to create the dynamics of the Saudi state.

Fred Halliday is one of the most authoritative scholars writing on the Middle East today. His book has been composed as an introduction to the subject for students, and those new to the field, with the objective of setting the Middle East within the broader context of contemporary international relations.

Includes developments in Jordan and the Middle East. This book discusses the reign of King Abdullah II, the involvement of the US in the Iraq war and the effect on this on Jordan's alignment with the West; and the country's economic growth, with an emphasis on economic liberalisation, privatisation, and promotion of tourism.

This book examines relations between Muslims, Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Middle East before World War I. It describes how religion influenced state policies and popular attitudes, and how people mingled in daily life. Clearly and engagingly written, this book will appeal to undergraduates, experts, and general readers alike.