Bøger i Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics serien

"This book explores Egypt's foreign policy under Mubarak and Morsi. It focuses on the way Mubarak's regime dealt with internal and external threats to maintain security and bolster his internal hold on power. "--

In a tradition that dates back to the time of Thucydides, and the Peloponnesian War, the systematic examination of conflict and war has long been a preoccupation of political scientists seeking to resolve the enduring question: Why do wars occur? This title engages this question with a focus on explaining the conflict between Iran and Iraq.

Explores the political games of the Moroccan democratization process in the period from independence in 1956 until 2006. This title analyzes the strategies and actions of the various political actors and evaluates the level of democracy present in the country after the adoption of new constitutions in 1962, 1970, 1972, 1980, 1992 and 1996.

National minorities and their behaviour have become a central topic in comparative politics. Using the relationship between the state of Israel and the Arab national minority as a case study, this book provides an examination of minority nationalism and state-minority relations.

Provides an analysis and theoretical approaches to peacemaking and more particularly to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This book deals with the art of peacekeeping and the issue of intractable conflict, and looks into specific models for peacekeeping and applying them to the situation in Israel/Palestine.

Provides a survey and analysis of US-Kurdish relations and their interaction with domestic, regional and global politics. Using the Kurdish issue to explore the nature of the engagement between international powers and weaker non-state entities, this book analyses the existence of an interactive US relationship with the Kurds.

A comprehensive study of the effects of the EU's Mediterranean democracy promotion strategy on a single recipient state. It deals with EU democracy promotion inside Tunisia, examining democratization via association.

Provides an analysis of the machinery of government in Israel, highlighting the inadequacy of the private sector as an alternative and how public management may need to cope with the various challenges and pressures of the 21st century. This book gives a comprehensive analysis of the issue of public and private-sector management.

The question of nationalism centres around the political, social, and cultural ways by which the concept and practice of a nation is constructed, and what it means to its various bearers. This book examines the issue of Jewish-Israeli nationalism, combining a sociological study of national culture with an analysis of Israeli national discourse.

Examines the role of NATO in the Middle East. This title reviews the strategic importance of the region and why it has become a source of instability, looks at US and international initiatives to counteract this instability and charts the development of NATO in this context.

Shows that despite the prevalence of violent resistance by Palestinians, nonviolent activism was also frequently resorted to. This book demonstrates how such tactics have considerable support amongst the local population particularly when they are framed as a strategy rather than just as a moral preference.

Examines the impact of European political conditionality on the process of democratization in Turkey. Employing theoretical and conceptual approaches to the issue of EU conditionality, this book compares the case of Turkey to that of other European nations. It argues that Turkey became vulnerable to the European conditionality.

Democratization and the process of political reform is a critical issue in the contemporary Middle East and North Africa. This book looks at the situation in Morocco and examines the role of the monarchy and the relative strengths and weaknesses of the Islamic and secular/liberal groupings campaigning to shape the local politics and society.