TY - BOOK AU - Abu-Nimer,Mohammed AU - Cooke,Miriam AU - Gerner,Deborah J. AU - Goldschmidt Jr,Arthur AU - King,Ryan AU - King-Irani,Laurie AU - Manners,Ian R. AU - Moghadam,Valentine M. AU - Paczynska,Agnieszka AU - Parmenter,Barbara McKean AU - Pollard,Lisa AU - Schrodt,Philip A. AU - Schwedler,Jillian AU - Sharoni,Simona AU - Tétreault,Mary Ann TI - Understanding the Contemporary Middle East T2 - Understanding: Introductions to the States and Regions of the Contemporary World SN - 9781685850579 PY - 2022///] CY - Boulder : PB - Lynne Rienner Publishers, KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Preface --; 1 Introduction --; 2 The Middle East: A Geographic Preface --; 3 The Historical Context --; 4 Middle Eastern Politics --; 5 International Relations --; 6 The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict --; 7 The Economies of the Middle East --; 8 The Political Economy of Middle Eastern Oil --; 9 Population Growth, Urbanization, and the Challenges of Unemployment --; 10 Kinship, Class, and Ethnicity --; 11 The Role of Women --; 12 Religion and Politics in the Middle East --; 13 Middle Eastern Literature --; 14 Trends and Prospects --; Acronyms --; Basic Political Data --; The Contributors --; Index --; About the Book; restricted access N2 - Fully revised and updated throughout to reflect the still-unfolding impact of the Arab Spring, the changing international environment, the impasse in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and much more UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685850579 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781685850579 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781685850579/original ER -