TY - BOOK AU - Abu-Nimer,Mohammed AU - Gerner,Deborah J. AU - Goldschmidt,Arthur AU - King-Irani,Laurie AU - Manners,Ian R. AU - McKean Parmenter,Barbara AU - Moghadam,Valentine M. AU - Paczynska,Agnieszka AU - Schrodt,Philip A. AU - Schwedler,Jillian AU - Sharoni,Simona AU - Taraki,Lisa AU - Tétreault,Mary Ann AU - cooke,miriam TI - Understanding the Contemporary Middle East T2 - Understanding: Introductions to the States and Regions of the Contemporary World SN - 9781685856687 AV - DS44 .U473 2022 U1 - 956 23/eng/20220822 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 including two new entirely new chapters, one on religion and politics, and one on the economies of the Middle East UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685856687 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781685856687 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781685856687/original ER -