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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “sherene seikaly”
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  • Men of Capital

    Scarcity and Economy in Mandate Palestine

    by Sherene Seikaly ...
    Men of Capital examines British-ruled Palestine in the 1930s and 1940s through a focus on economy. In a departure from the expected histories of Palestine, this book illuminates dynamic class constructions that aimed to shape a pan-Arab utopia in terms of free trade, profit accumulation, and private property. And in so doing, it positions Palestine and Palestinians in the larger world of Arab ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • A Critical Political Economy of the Middle East and North Africa

    Edited by Joel Beinin, Bassam Haddad, Sherene Seikaly ...
    Series series Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures
    This book offers the first critical engagement with the political economy of the Middle East and North Africa. Challenging conventional wisdom on the origins and contemporary dynamics of capitalism in the region, these cutting-edge essays demonstrate how critical political economy can illuminate both historical and contemporary dynamics of the region and contribute to wider political economy ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

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    by Robert Springborg ...
    Series series Hot Spots in Global Politics
    Egypt is one of the few great empires of antiquity that exists today as a nation state. Despite its extraordinary record of national endurance, the pressures to which Egypt currently is subjected and which are bound to intensify are already straining the ties that hold its political community together, while rendering ever more difficult the task of governing it.In this timely book, leading expert ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • The People Want

    A Radical Exploration of the Arab Uprising

    by Gilbert Achcar ...
    Translated by G. M. Goshgarian ...
    'The people want' - thus began the slogans chanted by millions of protesters in 2011 in what was dubbed the 'Arab Spring'. ?While the protests revealed a long-suppressed craving for democracy, they also laid bare a deep structural crisis. In this landmark work, Middle East analyst Gilbert Achcar examines the socio-economic roots and political dynamics of the regional upheaval. He assesses the ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life

    by Roger Owen ...
    Monarchical presidential regimes in the Arab world looked as though they would last indefinitely—until events in Tunisia and Egypt made clear their time was up. This is the first book to lay bare the dynamics of a governmental system that largely defined the Arab Middle East in the twentieth century, and the popular opposition they engendered. ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • How Capitalism Failed the Arab World

    The Economic Roots and Precarious Future of the Middle East Uprisings

    by Richard Javad Heydarian ...
    Series series Economic Controversies
    Economic liberalization has failed in the Arab world. Instead of ushering in economic dynamism and precipitating democratic reform, it has over the last three decades resulted in greater poverty, rising income inequality and sky-rocketing rates of youth unemployment. In How Capitalism Failed the Arab World, Richard Javad Heydarian shows how years of economic mismanagement, political autocracy and ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • Iran in the 21st Century

    Politics, Economics & Conflict

    Edited by Homa Katouzian, Hossein Shahidi ...
    Series series Iranian Studies
    Iran is an ancient country, an oil-exporting economy and an Islamic Republic. It experienced two full-scale revolutions in the twentieth century, the latter of which had large and important regional and international consequences, including an eight-year war with Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. And now in the twenty-first century, it confronts issues and experiences problems which have important ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

  • From Resilience to Revolution

    How Foreign Interventions Destabilize the Middle East

    by Sean Yom ...
    Series series Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics
    Based on comparative historical analyses of Iran, Jordan, and Kuwait, Sean L. Yom examines the foreign interventions, coalitional choices, and state outcomes that made the political regimes of the modern Middle East. A key text for foreign policy scholars, From Resilience to Revolution shows how outside interference can corrupt the most basic choices of governance: who to reward, who to punish, ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

  • Syria

    Revolution From Above

    by Raymond Hinnebusch ...
    Series series The Contemporary Middle East
    This study examines the development of the Syrian state as it has emerged under thirty-five years of military-Ba'thist rule and, particularly, under President Hafiz al-Asad. It analyzes the way in which the fragility of the post-independence state, unable to contain rising nationalist struggle and class conflict, opened the way to the Ba'th party's rise to power and examines how the Ba'th's ... Read more

    $121.99 CAD

  • The Routledge Handbook of Modern Turkey

    Edited by Metin Heper, Sabri Sayari ...
    In recent years, there has been growing interest in Turkey, stemming from the country’s developing role in regional and global politics, its expanding economic strength, and its identity as a predominantly Muslim country with secular political institutions and democratic processes. This Handbook provides a comprehensive and wide-ranging profile of modern Turkey. Bringing together original ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD

  • Europe and the Arab World

    Patterns and Prospects for the New Relationship

    by Samir Amin, Ali El Kenz ...
    Europe and the Arab World is a wide-ranging assessment of the prospects for a new relationship between Europe and the Arab world in the coming years. Samir Amin and Ali El Kenz take as their starting point the significantly shifting balance of political forces within the various Arab countries, including the rise of both political Islam and civil society. They argue that the strategic global ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • Debating Arab Authoritarianism

    Dynamics and Durability in Nondemocratic Regimes

    Edited by Oliver Schlumberger ...
    This volume inquires into the working mechanisms, the inner logic, and the durability of authoritarian rule in Arab countries. Written by leading American, European, and Arab experts, the collected essays explore the ongoing political dynamics of the region and show how Arab regimes retain power despite ongoing transformations on regional, national, and international levels and in societal, ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD