{"product_id":"the-greater-middle-east-in-global-politics-social-science-perspectives-on-the-changing-geography-of-the-world-politics-9789004158597","title":"The Greater Middle East in Global Politics: Social Science Perspectives on the Changing Geography of the World Politics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis anthology unites in one volume two studies of the Greater Middle East in global politics  – each conceptual and empirical. First, it is a historical-comparative study of politics and societies in selected Greater Middle Eastern countries. Second, it is an empirical case study of states and societies of the Greater Middle East in global politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Tables and Figures Acknowledgments List of Contributors List of Abbreviations  1. Introduction: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to the Study of the Greater Middle East Mehdi Parvizi Amineh  PART ONE: FOREIGN INTERVENTION AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST 2. IR-Theory and Transformations in the Greater Middle East: The Role of the United States Mehdi Parvizi Amineh and Henk Houweling 3. Connecting Central Eurasia to the Middle East in American Foreign Policy Towards Afghanistan and Pakistan: 1979-Present Simon Bromley 4. US-Russian Strategic Relations and the Structuration of Central Asia Robert M. Cutler  PART TWO: STATE, SOCIETY, AND ECONOMY IN THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST 5. The Iranian Revolution: The Multiple Contexts of the Iranian Revolution Mehdi Parvizi Amineh and S. N. Eisenstadt 6. The Iranian Foreign Policy since the Iranian Islamic Revolution: 1979-2006  Eva Patricia Rakel 7. The Middle East’s Democracy Deficit in Comparative Perspective Mehran Kamrava 8. The Challenges of Modernity: The Case of Political Islam  Mehdi Parvizi Amineh 9. The Turkish Political Economy: Globalization and Regionalism  Nilgun Onder 10. The Maghreb: Social, Political, and Economic Developments  Louisa Dris-Aït-Hamadouche and Yahia Zoubir 11. From Soviet Republics to Independent Countries: Challenges of Transition in Central Asia  Mirzohid Rahimov 12. Central Asia since the Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Economic Reforms and Their Impact on State-Society Relations Richard Pomfret 13. New Twists, More Intricate Configurations: The Changing Israel-Palestinian Regional Security Complex  Fred Lawson  PART THREE: THE POLITICS OF OIL AND MAJOR POWER RIVALRY IN THE POST-COLD WAR GREATER MIDDLE EAST 14. Global Energy Security and Its Geopolitical Impediments: The Case of the Caspian Region Mehdi Parvizi Amineh and Henk Houweling  15. China and the Greater Middle East: Globalization No Longer Equals Westernization Kurt W. Radtke 16. Indian Power Projection in the Greater Middle East: Tools and Objectives Prithvi Ram Mudiam 17. The Changing Face of the Russian Far East: Cooperation and Resource Competition Between Japan, Korea, and China in Northeast Asia Roger Kangas 18. India-Pakistan Engagement with the Greater Middle East: Implications and Options  B.M. Jain 19. The EU’s Policies of Security of Energy Supply Towards the Middle East and Caspian Region: Major Power Politics? Femke Hogeveen and Wilbur Perlot  Bibliography Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210606862679,"sku":"9789004158597","price":128.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-greater-middle-east-in-global-politics-social-science-perspectives-on-the-changing-geography-of-the-world-politics-9789004158597","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}