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The Middle East, Sixteenth Edition,Ellen Lust brings important new coverage to this comprehensive, balanced, and superbly researched text. In clear prose, Lust and her outstanding contributors explain the landscape of this changing region by examining both regional trends and individual countries. The Sixteenth Edition adds a chapter on Sudan, and other country chapters have been streamlined and fully updated to reflect domestic, regional, and international changes of the past three years.This best-selling text offers a wealth of information to help readers not only comprehend more fully the world around them, but also recognize and formulate policies that can more successfully engage the vitally important Middle East.
Table of ContentsPart 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 Citizen’s Participation: Actors, Arenas, & Dilemmas 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: Institutions under Monarchical Dominance Chapter 20 Palestine Chapter 21 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Chapter 22 Syria Chapter 23 Sudan Chapter 24 Tunisia Chapter 25 Turkey Chapter 26 Yemen
