Understanding the Contemporary Middle East, 5th ed. (Understanding: Introductions to the States and Regions of the Contemporary World)

The previous edition of Understanding the Contemporary Middle East was published soon after the Arab uprisings, and the authorswriting across disciplinescaptured those moments of possibility. Now, more than six years later, the Middle East is substantially changed, with three protracted civil wars, several retrenched authoritarian regimes, possibly one emerging democracy, and social and economic conditions that have been profoundly affected by the new political environment. This thoroughly revised and updated edition explores both the impact of recent events in shaping the region and the continuities with established patterns of political, economic, and social relations. CONTENTS: IntroductionJ. Schwedler. The Middle East: A Geographic PrefaceI.R. Manners, B.M. Parmenter, and R. King. The Historical ContextA. Goldschmidt Jr. Middle Eastern PoliticsP.A. Schrodt and D.J. Gerner. International Relations C. Ryan and M.A. Ttreault. The Israeli-Palestinian ConflictS. Sharoni and M. Abu-Nimer. The Economies of the Middle EastA. Paczyska. The Political Economy of Middle Eastern OilA.A. Alvalade-Ximenes and M.A. Ttreault. Population Growth, Urbanization, and the Challenges of UnemploymentV.M. Moghadam. Kinship, Class, and EthnicityL. King. The Role of WomenL. Pollard. Religion and PoliticsJ. Schwedler. Literaturem. cooke. Trends and ProspectsJ. Schwedler.