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  • Policing for Peace

    Institutions, Expectations, and Security in Divided Societies

    by Matthew Nanes ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
    In communities plagued by conflict along ethnic, racial, and religious lines, how does the representation of previously-marginalized groups in the police affect crime and security? Drawing on new evidence from policing in Iraq and Israel, Policing for Peace shows that an inclusive police force provides better services and reduces conflict, but not in the ways we might assume. Including members of ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Race and Representative Bureaucracy in American Policing

    by Brandy A. Kennedy, Adam M. Butz, Nazita Lajevardi, Matthew J. Nanes ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book examines issues of race and policing through the lens of representative bureaucracy theory. According to representative bureaucracy theory, demographic correspondence between government employees and the local population can lead to more favorable outcomes for minority groups. It argues that police forces with higher minority composition will have more positive outcomes across measures ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

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  • 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

  • Building a House in Heaven

    Pious Neoliberalism and Islamic Charity in Egypt

    by Mona Atia ...
    Series series A Quadrant Book
    Charity is an economic act. This premise underlies a societal transformation—the merging of religious and capitalist impulses that Mona Atia calls “pious neoliberalism.” Though the phenomenon spans religious lines, Atia makes the connection between Islam and capitalism to examine the surprising relations between charity and the economy, the state, and religion in the transition from Mubarak-era ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • Middle Power in the Middle East

    Canada’s Foreign and Defence Policies in a Changing Region

    Edited by Thomas Juneau, Bessma Momani ...
    The Middle East has not, historically, been a first-order priority for Canadian foreign and defence policy. Most major Canadian decisions on the Middle East have come about through ad hoc decision-making rather than strategic necessity. Balancing international obligations with domestic goals, Canadian relations with this region try to find a balance between meeting alliance obligations and keeping ... Read more

    $25.89 USD

  • Revolutionary Life

    The Everyday of the Arab Spring

    by Asef Bayat ...
    From a leading scholar of the Middle East and North Africa comes a new way of thinking about the Arab Spring and the meaning of revolution.From the standpoint of revolutionary politics, the Arab Spring can seem like a wasted effort. In Tunisia, where the wave of protest began, as well as in Egypt and the Gulf, regime change never fully took hold. Yet if the Arab Spring failed to disrupt the ... Read more

    $29.59 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

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Women and War in the Middle East

    Transnational Perspectives

    by Isis Nusair, Riina Isotalo, Shahrzad Mojab, Spike Peterson, Sophie Richter-Devroe, Martina Kamp ...
    Women and War in the Middle East provides a critical examination of the relationship between gender and transnationalism in the context of war, peace-building and post-conflict reconstruction in the Middle East. Critically examining the ways in which the actions of various local and transnational groups - including women's movements, diaspora communities, national governments, non-governmental ... Read more

    $28.19 USD

  • Islamization of Turkey under the AKP Rule

    Edited by Birol Yesilada, Barry Rubin ...
    This book examines the decade in office of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its efforts to transform the Turkish republic toward a more Islamist-oriented system. If it succeeds, Turkey’s dramatic shift will be the most important change in the Middle East power balance since the 1979 Iranian revolution and will have equally devastating effects on Western interests.For more than 80 years ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Gender and Violence in the Middle East

    Edited by Moha Ennaji, Fatima Sadiqi ...
    Series series UCLA Center for Middle East Development (CMED)
    This book explores the relationship between Islamism, secularism and violence against women in the Middle East and North Africa. Drawing on case studies from across the region, the authors examine the historical, cultural, religious, social, legal and political factors affecting this key issue.Chapters by established scholars from within and outside the region highlight:the interconnections of ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • The Lebanon Uprising of 2019

    Voices from the Revolution

    Edited by Jeffrey G. Karam, Rima Majed ...
    In October 2019, hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Lebanon to protest austerity measures in what became known as the “thawra.” These were the largest mass protests seen in the country's modern history.The Lebanon Uprising of 2019 puts the revolution in its historical and regional context and also follows the huge transformations that have been unraveling in Lebanon ever since. The book ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Palestine Ltd.

    Neoliberalism and Nationalism in the Occupied Territory

    by Toufic Haddad ...
    Series series SOAS Palestine Studies
    ince the 1993 Oslo Accords, the Occupied Palestinian Territory has been the subject of extensive international peacebuilding and statebuilding efforts coordinated by Western donor states and international finance institutions. Despite their failure to yield peace or Palestinian statehood, the role of these organisations in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is generally overlooked owing to their ... Read more

    $34.79 USD