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Iran at the Crossroads by Amin Saikal 9780745685649
RRP: £45.00£39.29Iran stands at a critical juncture in its history. In the era of Presidents Hassan Rouhani and Barack Obama, the Islamic Republic has a unique opportunity to regain its traditional greatness as a cradle of rich civilisation and culture, with a capacity... -
Will the Middle East Implode? by Mohammed Ayoob 9780745679242
RRP: £35.00£30.87The Middle East has long been fraught with tension and volatility. However, the recent Arab uprisings have intensified instability, turning this 'hot-spot' into a veritable tinderbox whose potential for implosion has far-reaching regional and global... -
The Changing Middle East: A New Look at Regional Dynamics by Bahgat Korany 9789774165139
RRP: £18.99£15.65In the era of globalization, change is the order of the day, but the conventional view of the Arab Middle East is that of a rigid and even stagnant region. This book counters the static perception and focuses instead on regional dynamics. The... -
The ISIS Caliphate: From Syria to the Doorsteps of India by Stanly Johny 9789387471566
RRP: £20.00£15.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789387471566Author Stanly JohnyFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Bloomsbury IndiaPublisher Bloomsbury India -
Where is Turkey Headed?: Culture Battles in Turkey by Rainer Hermann 9781935295211
RRP: £15.95£9.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935295211Author Rainer HermannFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Blue Dome PressPublisher Blue Dome PressWeight(grams) 435g -
Turkeys Path to Democratization: Barriers, Actors, Outcomes by Muhammed Cetin 9781935295518
RRP: £12.99£8.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935295518Author Muhammed CetinFormat PaperbackPage Count 257Imprint Blue Dome PressPublisher Blue Dome PressWeight(grams) 349g -
Can Academics Change the World?: An Israeli Anthropologist's Testimony on the Rise and Fall of a Protest Movement on Campus by Moshe Shokeid 9781789206982
RRP: £99.00£79.83Moshe Shokeid narrates his experiences as a member of AD KAN (NO MORE), a protest movement of Israeli academics at Tel Aviv University, who fought against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, founded during the first Palestinian Intifada... -
Against Apartheid: The Case for Boycotting Israeli Universities by Bill V. Mullen 9781608465262
RRP: £16.99£11.67Focusing on the complicity of Israeli universities in maintaining the occupation of Palestine, and on the repression of academic and political freedom for Palestinians, Against Apartheid powerfully explains why scholars and students throughout the world... -
Arab Liberal Thought in the Modern Age by Meir Hatina 9781526142917
RRP: £85.00£60.17Combining a historical perspective that traces lines of continuity and change in Arab liberalism, an integrative discussion of cross-sectional themes, and a comparative analysis of the West, Turkey and Iran, this book seeks to enrich our knowledge of... -
Syria & Damascus' Jackals by Perry Pierik 9789461536389
RRP: £9.99£6.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789461536389Author Perry PierikFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Aspekt B.V., UitgeverijPublisher Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij -
Israel’s Knesset Members: A Comparative Study of an Undefined Job by Susan Hattis Rolef 9781032046839
RRP: £39.99£35.46Taking Members of the Israeli Knesset, MKs, as a case study, this book offers a comparative analysis of the role of Members of Parliament (MPs) in democracies around the worldIt is based on the author’s own experience of working for the KnessetThe book... -
Governance and Security in Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Old City Initiative by Tom Najem 9781138666689
RRP: £43.99£38.44Governance and Security in Jerusalem is the second in a series of three books which collectively present in detail the work of the Jerusalem Old City Initiative, or JOCI, a major Canadian-led Track Two diplomatic effort, undertaken between 2003 and 2014... -
Contested Sites in Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Old City Initiative by Tom Najem 9781138666566
RRP: £135.00£117.28Contested Sites in Jerusalem is the third and final volume in a series of books which collectively present in detail the work of the Jerusalem Old City Initiative, or JOCI, a major Canadian-led Track Two diplomatic effort, undertaken between 2003 and... -
Reconstructing the Middle East: Political and Economic Policy by Abdulwahab Alkebsi 9781138666009
RRP: £130.00£112.11It is clear by now that the label `Arab Spring' has proven too simplistic to describe the uprisings that upended the political order of the Arab world in late 2010. Brutal crackdowns and civil conflict in Syria, Libya, and Yemen dashed the hopes that... -
Religion and Civil Society in the Arab World: In the Vortex of Globalization and Tradition by Tania Haddad 9781138561298
RRP: £135.00£117.28This book examines the links between civil society, religion and politics in the Middle East and North Africa region. The chapters in the volume explore the role of religion in shaping and changing the public sphere in regions that are developing and/or... -
The Russians in Israel: A New Ethnic Group in a Tribal Society by Majid Al Haj 9781138494787
RRP: £135.00£117.28This book constitutes the first systematic and critical discussion of questions of immigration and society in Israel from a global perspective. The comprehensive study covers the 30-year period since the beginning of the immigrant influx from the... -
Israel in the Post Oslo Era: Prospects for Conflict and Reconciliation with the Palestinians by As'ad Ghanem 9781138386181
RRP: £135.00£117.28Israel in the Post Oslo Era examines the official Israeli stands and policies towards the Palestinian problem from the beginning of the twenty-first century. The book argues that Israel is gradually withdrawing from the commitment of a two-state solution... -
State and Religion in the Arab World by Khair El-Din Haseeb 9781138383159
RRP: £32.99£29.16This collection focuses on the controversial relationship between religion and the state within the Arab Spring context and the evolving debates on democratic transition. In this book, democracy is not questionable; it is hailed by all those vocal on the... -
Egyptians in Revolt: The Political Economy of Labor and Student Mobilizations 1919-2011 by Adel Abdel Ghafar 9781138365179
RRP: £47.99£41.81Egyptians in Revolt investigates the political economy of the Egyptian labor and student movements. Using elements of social movement theory within a broad political economy framework, it assesses labor and student mobilizations in four eras of... -
The Qur'an between the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic: An Exegetical Tradition by Susan Gunasti 9781138336926
RRP: £135.00£117.28The Qur'an between the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic is one of the few book-length studies on an Ottoman Qur'an commentary. Its premise is that "the Ottoman Empire" did not come to an end until 1950 so far as Islam was concerned in... -
Arab Youths: Leisure, Culture and Politics from Morocco to Yemen by Laurent Bonnefoy 9781526127471
RRP: £25.00£17.92Young Arabs are too often reduced to the figures of the potential terrorist, the migrant or the exotic icon of the revolution. But the reality is much richer.Coming from both sides of the Mediterranean, the researchers in this book travel off the beaten... -
Proxy Warfare on the Cheap: The Partnership between the USA and the Syrian Kurds by Wojciech Michnik 9781793624864
RRP: £69.00£59.99This book illuminates on the US strategy of proxy warfare in modern times with the Syrian Civil War as a case study. Spyridon Plakoudas and Wojtek Michnik fuse modern history with international relations and strategic studies in order to offer an... -
The MENA Region and COVID-19: Impact, Implications and Prospects by Zeina Hobaika 9781032145860
RRP: £39.99£35.06Focusing on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, which comprises some of the world’s richest countries next to some of the poorest, this book offers excellent insights into the discriminatory consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.With a... -
Twelve Tribes: Promise and Peril in the New Israel by Ethan Michaeli 9780062688866
RRP: £12.99£8.48An "illuminating" and "richly descriptive" (New York Times Book Review) portrait of contemporary Israel, revealing the diversity of this extraordinary yet volatile nation by weaving together personal histories of ordinary citizens... -
The End of the Middle East Peace Process: The Failure of US Diplomacy by Samer Bakkour 9781032215259
RRP: £39.99£35.06Presenting the Middle East peace process as an extension of US foreign policy, this book argues that ongoing interventions justified in the name of ‘peace’ sustain and reproduce hegemonic power. With an interdisciplinary approach, this book questions the... -
Governance and Security in Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Old City Initiative by Tom Najem 9781138666672
RRP: £135.00£117.68Governance and Security in Jerusalem is the second in a series of three books which collectively present in detail the work of the Jerusalem Old City Initiative, or JOCI, a major Canadian-led Track Two diplomatic effort, undertaken between 2003 and 2014... -
Social Uses And Radio Practices: The Use Of Participatory Radio By Ethnic Minorities In Mexico by Lucila Vargas 9780367303167
RRP: £39.99£35.46Combining concepts and methods from critical cultural studies with the Freirean approach to development, Lucila Vargas examines the social value of participatory radio and the possibilities and constraints that participatory radio stations hold for... -
Syria And The United States: Eisenhower's Cold War In The Middle East by David W. Lesch 9780367289379
RRP: £130.00£107.24The "Syrian crisis" of 1957, sparked by a covert attempt by the Eisenhower administration to overthrow what it perceived to be an emerging Soviet client state in the Middle East, represented the denouement of a badly misguided U.S. foreign policy,... -
Islamic Identity and Development after the Ottomans: The Arab Middle East by Özay Mehmet 9781032215693
RRP: £35.99£31.69Exploring themes of identity and development in the post-Ottoman Arab world, this book updates the author’s earlier Islamic Identity and Development (Routledge, 1990) to analyse the root causes of chaos, civil war, and conflict in the Islamic Core today... -
Bahrain: The Modernization of Autocracy by Fred H. Lawson 9780367005900
RRP: £135.00£117.28First published in 1989. Bahrain is at the same time unique among the Arab oil-producing Gulf states and indicative of future developments in these emirates. Its uniqueness lies in the social, political, and economic structures of the country: The... -
Sadat And Begin: The Domestic Politics Of Peacemaking by Melvin A Friedlander 9780367302009
RRP: £39.99£35.46The architects of the Camp David process expected their efforts to become a broad and inclusive framework for peace in the Middle East. Dr. Friedlander's book demonstrates how domestic factors affecting policy decisions made in both Cairo and Jerusalem... -
War and Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa by Ahram 9781509532810
RRP: £55.00£48.13For much of the last half century, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has seemed the outlier in global peace. Today Iraq, Libya, Israel/Palestine, Yemen, and Syria are not just countries, but synonyms for prolonged and brutal wars. But why is MENA... -
Insecurity Communities of South Asia and the Middle East: Consequences of US Foreign Policy by Majid Sharifi 9780367636357
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book critically examines how US foreign policy has produced a regional regime of instability and insecurity in South Asia and the Middle East. It focuses on three interconnected zones of conflict—Afghanistan and Pakistan in South Asia, Iran and the... -
Iran by Ali M. Ansari 9781509541515
RRP: £12.99£11.94Both revolutionary and reactionary, the Islamic Republic of Iran has long been a conundrum for Western observers. A theocracy that aspires to a popular mandate; an anti-colonial state with imperial pretensions of its own: modern Iran is in many ways a... -
Riding The Tiger: The Middle East Challenge After The Cold War by Phebe Marr 9780367301545
RRP: £39.99£35.06Dramatic changes in the global security environment have necessitated a fundamental reassessment of U.S. interests and policy worldwide. This book focuses on the underlying forces at work in the Middle East, the challenges the United States will face in... -
Youth at the Margins: Perspectives on Arab Mediterranean Youth by ELENA SÁNCHEZ-MONTIJANO 9780367662462
£41.02The 2011 Arab uprisings led to a great proliferation of studies on the situations in the Arab countries of the Mediterranean, with particular attention given to their young people, whose role was particularly central. Eight years on, in-depth exploration... -
Smugglers and States: Negotiating the Maghreb at Its Margins by Max Gallien 9780231212885
RRP: £117.00£90.93Smuggling is typically thought of as furtive and hidden, taking place under the radar and beyond the reach of the state. But in many cases, governments tacitly permit illicit cross-border commerce, or even devise informal arrangements to regulate it... -
The Routledge Handbook on Contemporary Turkey by Joost Jongerden 9781032023694
RRP: £43.99£38.44This edited volume provides an overview of political and social developments in Turkey, The contributions combine analytical depth with broad overview The contributions highlight continuities and change The emphasis on a more integrated historical... -
Reflections on the Centenary of the Republic of Turkey by Paul Kubicek 9781032563763
RRP: £135.00£117.68This book provides both a retrospective and prospective look at Turkey on the occasion of the country’s centenary. It covers numerous important issues, including political, economic, and cultural development, the role and performance of political... -
Arab Petro-Politics by Abdulaziz Al_Sowayegh 9781032481296
RRP: £91.99£79.80First Published in 1984, Arab Petro-Politics argues that oil is important to Arab world both as an instrument for economic development and as an element of political influence. Oil has changed the political and economic structures and policies in the...