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  • The Rift in Israel (RLE Israel and Palestine): Religious Authority and Secular Democracy S. Clement Leslie 9781138902367

    The Rift in Israel (RLE Israel and Palestine): Religious Authority and Secular Democracy S. Clement Leslie 9781138902367

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    The subject matter of this book, first published in 1971, is not less relevant, though less familiar, than the military adventures of Israel. For the book deals with the spiritual tensions that underlie and go far to explain the conduct of the country,...
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  • Israel (Routledge Revival): MERI Report by Middle East Research Institute 9781138902121

    Israel (Routledge Revival): MERI Report by Middle East Research Institute 9781138902121

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    First published in 1985, this study, focusing on Israel, looks at the underlying reasons why certain political, economic and social events have taken place in the country's history. It provides vital analysis of the political and economic issues of the...
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  • Iran (Routledge Revival): MERI Report by Middle East Research Institute 9781138902138

    Iran (Routledge Revival): MERI Report by Middle East Research Institute 9781138902138

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    First published in 1985, this study, focusing on Iran, looks at the underlying reasons why certain political, economic and social events have taken place in the country's history. It provides vital analysis of the political and economic issues of the...
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  • Western Strategic Interests in Saudi Arabia by Anthony H. Cordesman 9781138846395

    Western Strategic Interests in Saudi Arabia by Anthony H. Cordesman 9781138846395

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    Saudi Arabia's strategic relations with the West involve clear and direct common strategic interests in the Gulf and in the Near East. While they compete in terms of trade and oil prices, they share a common commitment to private enterprise and to...
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  • The Role of Government in the Industrialization of Iraq 1950-1965 by Ferhang Jalal 9781138820302

    The Role of Government in the Industrialization of Iraq 1950-1965 by Ferhang Jalal 9781138820302

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    Since 1950 the governments of Iraq have attempted vigorously to develop the economy and have stressed industrial development. Here Dr Ferhang Jalal discusses, analyses and appraises a number of policies adopted by the government of Iraq designed to...
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  • Oil, Industrialization and Development in the Arab Gulf States by Atif Kubursi 9781138820265

    Oil, Industrialization and Development in the Arab Gulf States by Atif Kubursi 9781138820265

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    Were oil supplies everlasting and the demand for oil strong and continuous, economic diversification in the Gulf would be pointless. However oil reserves are finite and non-renewable and the world demand for oil from the Gulf region is simply not stable...
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  • The Middle Eastern Village: Changing Economic and Social Relations by Richard Lawless 9781138820227

    The Middle Eastern Village: Changing Economic and Social Relations by Richard Lawless 9781138820227

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    Rapid and uneven change to the fabric of rural life is widespread in modern Middle Eastern countries. Modernisation, usually in the Western model, has often brought major improvements in agricultural technology, education and public health but has also...
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  • Arab Manpower: The Crisis of Development by J. S. Birks 9781138820029

    Arab Manpower: The Crisis of Development by J. S. Birks 9781138820029

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    The Arab world increasingly falls into two divisions, the capital-poor and the capital-rich countries (where capital means, in essence, oil). In the capital-rich countries shortage of labour is the chief constraint on growth. In the capital-poor...
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  • Arab Oil Policies in the 1970s: Opportunity and Responsibility by Yusuf A. Sayigh 9781138820074

    Arab Oil Policies in the 1970s: Opportunity and Responsibility by Yusuf A. Sayigh 9781138820074

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    Until 1973 few people, either in the advanced, industrial countries or in the developing countries of the Third World, thought seriously on the issues and complexities involved in the production and marketing of the oil on which they relied. It was only...
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  • Libya Since Independence: Economic and Political Development by J.A. Allan 9781138820203

    Libya Since Independence: Economic and Political Development by J.A. Allan 9781138820203

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    Since its independence in 1951, Libya has experienced rapid economic and social change. Many of these developments, though dramatic, have not been comprehensively documented until now. One of the problems that Libya has had to face has been the...
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  • Islam and the Political Economy of Meaning: Comparative Studies of Muslim Discourse by William R. Roff 9781138818385

    Islam and the Political Economy of Meaning: Comparative Studies of Muslim Discourse by William R. Roff 9781138818385

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    To be a Muslim is to be a part of a culture with distinct beliefs, ideas, institutional forms and prescriptive roles. Yet there is a complex inter-relationship between a system of knowledge and belief, such as Islam, and the immediate political, economic...
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  • The Position of the Chief in the Modern Political System of Ashanti: A Study of the Influence of Contemporary Social Changes on Ashanti Political Institutions by K. A. Busia 9781138492240

    The Position of the Chief in the Modern Political System of Ashanti: A Study of the Influence of Contemporary Social Changes on Ashanti Political Institutions by K. A. Busia 9781138492240

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    Originally published in 1951, this book provides an account of the traditional status and functions of the Asanti chief. The effects of British administration on the powers of the chief and his council are described, as are the tensions which the...
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  • The Arab Economy in Israel: The Dynamics of a Region's Development by Raja Khalidi 9781138811881

    The Arab Economy in Israel: The Dynamics of a Region's Development by Raja Khalidi 9781138811881

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    The Arab enclaves that exist within Israel constitute a definite economic unit. Despite linkages and subservice to the national economy the region exhibits a range of independent production and consumption modes that suggest potential economic...
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  • The Middle Eastern Village: Changing Economic and Social Relations by Richard Lawless 9781138811836

    The Middle Eastern Village: Changing Economic and Social Relations by Richard Lawless 9781138811836

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    Rapid and uneven change to the fabric of rural life is widespread in modern Middle Eastern countries. Modernisation, usually in the Western model, has often brought major improvements in agricultural technology, education and public health but has also...
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  • Mobilizing Human Resources in the Arab World by R. Paul Shaw 9781138810518

    Mobilizing Human Resources in the Arab World by R. Paul Shaw 9781138810518

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    R. Paul Shaw has travelled widely in the Arab world, obtaining data and gathering impressions first-hand from national and local planners. In this book, he identifies population and manpower problems that are likely to become more serious and more...
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  • Arab Industrial Integration: A Strategy for Development by Elias T. Ghantus 9781138810471

    Arab Industrial Integration: A Strategy for Development by Elias T. Ghantus 9781138810471

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    The Arab countries are increasingly recognising their importance as a regional economic grouping. Given the highly skewed distribution of natural, human and financial resources, the course of economic development in the Arab countries seems to be...
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  • The Economic Development of the Yemen Arab Republic by Ragaei El-Mallakh 9781138810136

    The Economic Development of the Yemen Arab Republic by Ragaei El-Mallakh 9781138810136

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    The recent economic development of the Yemen Arab Republic is in stark contrast to the centuries of isolation that had marked the country prior to the 1962 Revolution. When economic planning was instituted in the 1970s, the nation was confronted by the...
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  • Arab Oil Policies in the 1970s: Opportunity and Responsibility by Yusuf A. Sayigh 9781138809963

    Arab Oil Policies in the 1970s: Opportunity and Responsibility by Yusuf A. Sayigh 9781138809963

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    Until 1973 few people, either in the advanced, industrial countries or in the developing countries of the Third World, thought seriously on the issues and complexities involved in the production and marketing of the oil on which they relied. It was only...
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  • Literary Subterfuge and Contemporary Persian Fiction: Who Writes Iran? by Mohammad Mehdi Khorrami 9781138782341

    Literary Subterfuge and Contemporary Persian Fiction: Who Writes Iran? by Mohammad Mehdi Khorrami 9781138782341

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    The main focus of Literary Subterfuge and Contemporary Persian Fiction is to identify components and elements which define Persian modernist fiction, placing an emphasis on literary concepts and devices which provide the dynamics of the evolutionary...
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  • EU Enlargement, Region Building and Shifting Borders of Inclusion and Exclusion by James Wesley Scott 9781138259195

    EU Enlargement, Region Building and Shifting Borders of Inclusion and Exclusion by James Wesley Scott 9781138259195

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    The 2004 entry of 10 Central and Eastern European countries, along with Malta and Cyprus, into the EU has caused a huge shift in the EU's external boundaries. The socio-economic and political transformations that this shift has caused not only suggest...
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  • The Economies of the Arabian Gulf: A Statistical Source Book by Atif A. Kubursi 9781138183841

    The Economies of the Arabian Gulf: A Statistical Source Book by Atif A. Kubursi 9781138183841

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    This book, first published in 1984, examines the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and UAE. Culturally, historically, geographically and politically the GCC countries represent a rare instance of...
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  • China's Securities Market: Towards Efficient Regulation by Jing Bian 9781138205901

    China's Securities Market: Towards Efficient Regulation by Jing Bian 9781138205901

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    This book provides an analysis of the development of the Chinese securities market, with special reference to the information disclosure regimes in Mainland China, the UK, and Hong Kong. It examines the listed companies, stock exchanges, securities...
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  • The Mugwe: A Failing Prophet by B. Bernardi 9781138489189

    The Mugwe: A Failing Prophet by B. Bernardi 9781138489189

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    Originally published in 1959 this volume studies the ritual office of the Mugwe which was of great social significance among the Meru of the Central Province of Kenya and analyses the social changes and decline of the Mugwe which came about in the second...
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  • Continuity and change before and after the Arab uprisings: Morocco, Tunisia, and Egypt by Paola Rivetti 9781138103788

    Continuity and change before and after the Arab uprisings: Morocco, Tunisia, and Egypt by Paola Rivetti 9781138103788

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    The Arab uprisings of 2011 have sparked much scholarly discussion with regards to democratisation, the resilience of authoritarian rule, mobilisation patterns, and the relationship between secularism and Islam, all under the assumption that politics has...
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  • New Media, Politics and Society in Israel Gideon Doron (Tel Aviv University, Israel) 9781138111158

    New Media, Politics and Society in Israel Gideon Doron (Tel Aviv University, Israel) 9781138111158

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    This book addresses the social and political landscape of Internet usage in Israel, and studies the formation of a networked information society in the "hi-tech nation". As Israel is considered a highly technologically developed country, it could serve...
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  • Intellectual dynamics in the Middle East and North Africa by Ewan Stein 9781138056985

    Intellectual dynamics in the Middle East and North Africa by Ewan Stein 9781138056985

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    More than three years after the beginning of the wave of Arab uprisings, an understanding of the role of intellectuals in political change across the region has never been more important. This timely volume on Intellectuals in the Modern Middle East...
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  • Death Of A Myth: Critical Essays on Nigeria by Femi Ojo-Ade 9780865437906

    Death Of A Myth: Critical Essays on Nigeria by Femi Ojo-Ade 9780865437906

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865437906Author Femi Ojo-AdeFormat PaperbackPage Count 306Imprint Africa Research & PublicationsPublisher Africa World PressWeight(grams) 418g
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  • Borderlands into Bordered Lands - Geopolitics of Identity in Post-Soviet Ukraine by Tatiana Zhurzhenko 9783838200422

    Borderlands into Bordered Lands - Geopolitics of Identity in Post-Soviet Ukraine by Tatiana Zhurzhenko 9783838200422

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    Since 1991, post-Soviet political elites in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus have been engaged in nation -- as well as state-building. They have tried to strengthen territorial sovereignty and national security, re-shape collective identities and re-narrate...
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  • Encounters in Yoga and Zen: Meetings of Cloth and Stone by Trevor Leggett 9781138658998

    Encounters in Yoga and Zen: Meetings of Cloth and Stone by Trevor Leggett 9781138658998

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    This book, first published in 1982, collects a fascinating selection from the many traditional Japanese and Indian stories used by teachers in the Eastern spiritual schools to assist students in their training. The author, who spent many years training...
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  • Oil and Security in the Arabian Gulf by Abdel Majid Farid 9781138657762

    Oil and Security in the Arabian Gulf by Abdel Majid Farid 9781138657762

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    The issue of security in the Gulf has an importance which goes far beyond the regional location of the area. It is enough to note that instability in the area may result in the interruption of oil supplies to the rest of the world. This book, first...
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  • The Gulf War and the Environment by Farouk El-Baz 9781138647565

    The Gulf War and the Environment by Farouk El-Baz 9781138647565

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    The Gulf War inflicted dramatic environmental damage upon the fragile desert and shore environments of Kuwait and north eastern Saudi Arabia. Marine environments experienced oil spills; inland, oil lakes and burning oil wells caused widespread pollution...
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  • Arab Resources: The Transformation of a Society by I. Ibrahim 9781138642911

    Arab Resources: The Transformation of a Society by I. Ibrahim 9781138642911

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    The modern Arab world is faced with a serious problem in the imbalance between human and natural resources. The Gulf states, with their vast natural resources, are poor in human resources, whereas in Egypt or Jordan the picture is reversed. This study,...
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  • Arab Education in Transition: A Source Book by Byron G. Massialas 9781138643017

    Arab Education in Transition: A Source Book by Byron G. Massialas 9781138643017

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    The operation of schools in the Arab world is a topic about which very little is known in the West. This volume, first published in 1991, provides information about the Arab school and thus contributes to an understanding of what is taught, by whom, and...
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  • The Republic of Lebanon: Nation in Jeopardy by David C. Gordon 9781138642119

    The Republic of Lebanon: Nation in Jeopardy by David C. Gordon 9781138642119

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    Torn by civil war, its major city in shambles, and occupied by foreign peacekeeping forces as well as foreign armies, the Republic of Lebanon in the 1980s was struggling to regroup, rebuild and resolve its problems under new leadership. In this...
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  • Kuwait and the Gulf: Small States and the International System Hassan Ali Al-Ebraheem 9781138643048

    Kuwait and the Gulf: Small States and the International System Hassan Ali Al-Ebraheem 9781138643048

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    A major result of the Second World War was the emergence of small states which vastly increased the membership of the international system. While a number of small states existed before the war many of these had made no effort to participate actively in...
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  • On Both Banks of the Jordan: A Political Biography of Wasfi al-Tall Asher Susser 9781138634725

    On Both Banks of the Jordan: A Political Biography of Wasfi al-Tall Asher Susser 9781138634725

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    To a large extent the history of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has been shaped by the interaction between Jordan and Palestine and between Jordanians and Palestinians. This book, first published in 1994, discusses this relationship during one of its...
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  • Radical Politics in Modern Turkey by Jacob M. Landau 9781138645011

    Radical Politics in Modern Turkey by Jacob M. Landau 9781138645011

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    The fact that the active and organized involvement of radical movements in Turkish politics is a recent development renders its investigation difficult. To be meaningful, the terms 'Left', 'Right' and 'Islamist' have to relate to specific situations, and...
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  • Egyptian Art by Jean Capart 9781138605039

    Egyptian Art by Jean Capart 9781138605039

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    Originally published in 1923, this book provides an exploration of Egyptian art. Drawing on environmental factors of the Egyptian region, architecture, history and Egyptian society, Capart also provides an insight into the psyche of the Egyptian artist...
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  • Population and Society in the Arab East by Gabriel Baer 9781138642966

    Population and Society in the Arab East by Gabriel Baer 9781138642966

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    This book, first published in English in 1964, examines a wide range of topics concerning society in the Arab East. Chapters are concerned with woman and the family; religious and linguistic communities; bedouins, fellas and townsmen; and the various...
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  • Social and Ritual Life of the Ambo of Northern Rhodesia by Bronislaw Stefaniszyn 9781138598478

    Social and Ritual Life of the Ambo of Northern Rhodesia by Bronislaw Stefaniszyn 9781138598478

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    Originally published in 1964, this is a detailed ethnographic record and sympathetic study of Ambo beliefs and activities. The significance of the clan and the matrilineage are discussed and the organization of the village and chiefdom analysed...
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