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The Middle East
Fifteenth Edition
Edited by:
- Ellen Lust - University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Other Titles in:
Middle East Politics
Middle East Politics
October 2019 | 888 pages | CQ Press
“Written by a group of well-known experts and researchers who have diligently worked, and updated the book since its first edition to include the most important features of State, Polity, and Governance in Middle East and North Africa… This book is equally useful for instructors and students.”
—Jalil Roshandel, East Carolina University
In the more succinct Fifteenth Edition of The Middle East, editor Ellen Lust brings important new coverage to this comprehensive, balanced, and superbly researched text. In clear prose, Lust and her contributors explain the many complex changes taking place across the region. All country profile chapters now address domestic and regional conflict more explicitly and all tables, figures, boxes, and maps have been fully updated with the most recent data and information. This best-selling text not only helps readers comprehend more fully the world around them, but it also enables readers to recognize and formulate policies that can more successfully engage the Middle East.
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SAGE edge offers a robust online environment featuring an impressive array of free tools and resources for review, study, and further exploration, keeping both instructors and students on the cutting edge of teaching and learning. Learn more at edge.sagepub.com/lust15e
—Jalil Roshandel, East Carolina University
In the more succinct Fifteenth Edition of The Middle East, editor Ellen Lust brings important new coverage to this comprehensive, balanced, and superbly researched text. In clear prose, Lust and her contributors explain the many complex changes taking place across the region. All country profile chapters now address domestic and regional conflict more explicitly and all tables, figures, boxes, and maps have been fully updated with the most recent data and information. This best-selling text not only helps readers comprehend more fully the world around them, but it also enables readers to recognize and formulate policies that can more successfully engage the Middle East.
Give your students the SAGE edge!
SAGE edge offers a robust online environment featuring an impressive array of free tools and resources for review, study, and further exploration, keeping both instructors and students on the cutting edge of teaching and learning. Learn more at edge.sagepub.com/lust15e
Boxes, Figures, Tables, and Maps
About the Editor
Contributors
Foreword by Lina Khatib
Introduction
Acknowledgments
PART I • OVERVIEW
Chapter 1 • The Making of the Modern Middle East
Chapter 2 • The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Chapter 3 • States and Institutions
Chapter 4 • Religion, Society, and Politics in the Middle East
Chapter 5 • Actors, Public Opinion, and Participation
Chapter 6 • Social Change in the Middle East
Chapter 7 • The Political Economy of Development in the Middle East
Chapter 8 • International Relations
PART II • PROFILES
Chapter 9 • Algeria
Chapter 10 • Egypt
Chapter 11 • Iran
Chapter 12 • Iraq
Chapter 13 • Israel
Chapter 14 • Jordan
Chapter 15 • Kuwait
Chapter 16 • Lebanon
Chapter 17 • Libya
Chapter 18 • The Lower Gulf States
Chapter 19 • Morocco
Chapter 20 • Palestine
Chapter 21 • Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Chapter 22 • Syria
Chapter 23 • Tunisia
Chapter 24 • Turkey
Chapter 25 • Yemen
Notes
Index
Supplements
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“The Middle East (editor Ellen Lust) is the most comprehensive textbook on the Middle East and its diverse countries. . . . It brings the most up-to-date data, thorough analysis, and information by leading scholars to the fingertips of ‘budding scholars’ of the region at our universities. The book is a keeper on our bookshelves for use as a reference material.”
George Mason University
“Written by a group of well-known experts and researchers who have diligently worked and updated the book since its first edition to include the most important features of state, polity, and governance in [the] Middle East and North Africa . . . This book is equally useful for instructors and students.”
East Carolina University
“Excellent in-depth look at Middle Eastern history, society, culture, economics, [and] politics.”
Plymouth State University
“The Saladin of basic Middle Eastern textbooks.”
Manhattan College
“I reviewed many texts when developing my course, and I’ve been happy with my choice of Lust’s The Middle East. It is comprehensive in its coverage and balanced in its treatment of disputed or politically sensitive topics.”
Concord University
“A well-written text accessible to students at the all levels and with varied levels of preparedness for a comparative politics or areas studies course.”
State University of New York, Westchester Community College
“Written by a group of distinguished academics, the Middle East provides an insightful review of the region’s complex politics from a comparative perspective.”
Illinois State University
Comprehensive text and expert contributors.
Political Science, Cerritos College
January 21, 2020
Sample Materials & Chapters
Chapter 3. States and Institutions
Chapter 5. Actors, Public Opinion and Participation