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  • Land and Revolution in Iran, 1960–1980

    by Eric J. Hooglund ...
    Series series CMES Modern Middle East Series
    Carried out by the government of the shah between 1962 and 1971, the Iranian land reform was one of the most ambitious such undertakings in modern Middle Eastern history. Yet, beneath apparent statistical success, the actual accomplishments of the program, in terms of positive benefits for the peasantry, were negligible. Later, the resulting widespread discontent of thousands of Iranian villagers ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Navigating Contemporary Iran

    Challenging Economic, Social and Political Perceptions

    Edited by Eric Hooglund, Leif Stenberg ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies
    This detailed examination of contemporary Iran addresses the most important current social, political, and economic issues facing the nation and the way it is perceived by the outside world. The volume brings together some of the most important scholars and researchers in the field, working in such diverse disciplines as anthropology, economics, history, international relations, philosophy, ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Gender in Contemporary Iran

    Pushing the Boundaries

    Edited by Roksana Bahramitash, Eric Hooglund ...
    Series series Iranian Studies
    This book examines gender and the dynamics of social change in contemporary Iran, documenting the changes in women’s lives and showing how women have now become agents of social change rather than victims.Bringing together the detailed primary research of a number of eminent scholars working in Iran, this collection provides unique perspectives on the past decade in Iranian society. Chapters ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

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  • Islam and the Arab Awakening

    by Tariq Ramadan ...
    One of the most important developments in the modern history of the Middle East, the so-called Arab Spring began in Tunisia in December 2010, bringing down dictators, sparking a civil war in Libya, and igniting a bloody uprising in Syria. Its long-term repercussions in Egypt and elsewhere remain unclear. Now one of the world's leading Islamic thinkers examines and explains it, in this searching, ... Read more

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  • Secularism and Muslim Democracy in Turkey

    by M. Hakan Yavuz ...
    Series Book 28 - Cambridge Middle East Studies
    In 2002 the Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP) swept to power in Turkey. Since then it has shied away from a hard-line ideological stance in favour of a more conservative and democratic approach. In this book, M. Hakan Yavuz negotiates this ambivalence asking whether it is possible for a political party with a deeply religious ideology to liberalise and entertain democracy or whether, as ... Read more

    $33.69 USD

  • Life as Politics

    How Ordinary People Change the Middle East, Second Edition

    by Asef Bayat ...
    Prior to 2011, popular imagination perceived the Muslim Middle East as unchanging and unchangeable, frozen in its own traditions and history. In Life as Politics, Asef Bayat argues that such presumptions fail to recognize the routine, yet important, ways in which ordinary people make meaningful change through everyday actions. First published just months before the Arab Spring swept across the ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • The Arab Uprisings Explained

    New Contentious Politics in the Middle East

    Edited by Marc Lynch ...
    Series series Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics
    Why did Tunisian protests following the self-immolation of Mohammed Bouazizi lead to a massive wave of uprisings across the entire Arab world? Who participated in those protests, and what did they hope to achieve? Why did some leaders fall in the face of popular mobilization while others found ways to survive? And what have been the lasting results of the contentious politics of 2011 and 2012? The ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • Arab Spring and Arab Women

    Challenges and opportunities

    Edited by Muhamad S. Olimat ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    This volume examines the role of Arab women in Arab Spring and their contribution to the ongoing process of change sweeping the region. The book begins with an examination of the process of democratization and its impediments in the Arab World since the Second World War. It then looks at the conditions that led to the upsurge of the so-called Arab Spring. Finally, it underscores women’s role as ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Talking to Arab Youth

    Revolution and Counterrevolution in Egypt and Tunisia

    by Nur Laiq ...
    A new IPI book maps the civic and political activism of youth in postrevolutionary Egypt and Tunisia. Who are the youth activists of Egypt and Tunisia? What are their ideas, and what types of action are they taking? As key protagonists of revolution in 2011, what capacity do they now have to sustain their political and civic engagement over the long term? The book examines the competing narratives ... Read more

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  • Middle East Authoritarianisms

    Governance, Contestation, and Regime Resilience in Syria and Iran

    Edited by Steven Heydemann, Reinoud Leenders ...
    Series series Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures
    The developments of early 2011 changes the political landscape of the Middle East. But even as urgent struggles continue, it remains clear that authoritarianism will survive this transformational moment. The study of authoritarian governance, therefore, remains essential for our understanding of the political dynamics and inner workings of regimes across the region.This volume considers the Syrian ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Passive Revolution

    Absorbing the Islamic Challenge to Capitalism

    by Cihan Tuğal ...
    Over the last decade, pious Muslims all over the world have gone through contradictory transformations. Though public attention commonly rests on the turn toward violence, this book's stories of transformation to "moderate Islam" in a previously radical district in Istanbul exemplify another experience.In a shift away from distrust of the state to partial secularization, Islamists in Turkey ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • Secular and Islamic Politics in Turkey

    The Making of the Justice and Development Party

    Edited by Ümit Cizre ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics
    Turkey is ninty-nine per cent Muslim, its ruling party, Justice and Development Party (JDP), comes from but denies its Islamist pedigree and has a very secular feel. However, the deeply secular regime distrusts the JDP with regard to its 'true' colours. This book makes sense of these paradoxical perceptions which have characterized Turkey’s politics since the JDP has come to power in 2002.The key ... Read more

    $68.99 USD