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  • Oil and Democracy in Iraq

    Edited by Robert Springborg ...
    Series Book 1 - SOAS Middle East Issues S.
    This is the first major study of the alternatives confronting Iraq as it seeks to rebuild its vital oil industry while simultaneously constructing a new political system. A key challenge facing the country is to allocate the revenues oil generates in a way that avoids economic and social instability. Reviewing the present status of the industry, the authors - including Clement Henry, Massoud ... Read more

    $14.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Egypt

    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

    $18.00 USD

  • Political Economies of the Middle East and North Africa

    by Robert Springborg ...
    Despite its oil wealth, the Middle East and North Africa is economically stagnating. Growth rates are comparatively unfavorable and insufficient to substantially improve citizens’ lives. Whether this economic inertia can be overcome or will continue into the indefinite future is a vital question that confronts both the region and the world.In this book leading Middle East scholar Robert Springborg ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

  • Popular Culture and Political Identity in the Arab Gulf States

    Edited by Robert Springborg, Alsharekh Alanoud ...
    Series Book 6 - SOAS Middle East Issues S.
    As the Gulf assumes an ever more important identity in the global political economy, we see the emergence of a new popular and political culture underpinning its increasingly self-confident national identities. This volume explores the new dynamism of the Gulf, reflected not just in high-rise buildings and booming stock markets, but also manifested in the realms of art, ideas and expression, and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Egyptian Revolution of 1919

    Legacies and Consequences of the Fight for Independence

    Edited by Robert Springborg, Dr H.A. Hellyer ...
    The 1919 Egyptian revolution was the founding event for modern Egypt's nation state. So far there has been no text that looks at the causes, consequences and legacies of the 1919 Egyptian Revolution. This book addresses that gap, with Egyptian and non-Egyptian scholars discussing a range of topics that link back to that crucial event in Egyptian history. Across nine chapters, the book analyzes the ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Routledge Handbook on Contemporary Egypt

    Edited by Robert Springborg, Amr Adly, Anthony Gorman, Tamir Moustafa, Aisha Saad, Naomi Sakr, Sarah Smierciak ...
    Investigating key features of contemporary Egypt, this volume includes Egypt’s modern history, politics, economics, the legal system, environment, and its media and modes of cultural expression. It examines Egypt’s capacities to meet developmental challenges, ranging from responding to globalization and regional competition to generating sufficient economic growth and political inclusion to ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Mubarak's Egypt

    Fragmentation Of The Political Order

    by Robert Springborg ...
    The starting point for the investigation outlined in this text is the relationship between political authority and economic change in Egypt and will be the presidency and the highest level of the political elite. The bulk of the field research on which this book is based was conducted in Egypt in 1986. ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Businessmen in Arms

    How the Military and Other Armed Groups Profit in the MENA Region

    Edited by Elke Grawert, Zeinab Abul-Magd ...
    The Arab Uprisings have brought renewed attention to the role of the military in the MENA region, where they are either the backbone of regime power or a crucial part of patronage networks in political systems. This collection of essays from international experts examines the economic interests of armed actors ranging from military businesses in Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Jordan, Sudan, and ... Read more

    $105.99 USD

  • Globalization and the Politics of Development in the Middle East

    by Clement Moore Henry, Robert Springborg ...
    Series Book 1 - The Contemporary Middle East
    In this 2010 edition of their book on the economic development of the Middle East and North Africa, Clement Henry and Robert Springborg reflect on what has happened to the region's economy since 2001. How have the various countries in the Middle East responded to the challenges of globalization and to the rise of political Islam, and what changes, for better or for worse, have occurred? Utilizing ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

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    Issues of Contemporary Capitalism in the Middle East

    by Adam Hanieh ...
    While the outcomes of the tumultuous uprisings that continue to transfix the Arab world remain uncertain, the root causes of rebellion persist. Drawing upon extensive empirical research, Lineages of Revolt tracks the major shifts in the region’s political economy over recent decades. In this illuminating and original work, Adam Hanieh explores the contours of neoliberal policies, dynamics of class ... Read more

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  • The Arab Spring and the Gulf States

    Time to embrace change

    by Mohamed Althani ...
    The most challenging question today for the citizens of any country in the Gulf region is whether it is heading in the right direction to become a durable, sustainable system, fully supported by its people and capable of being defended from internal and external threats. In The Arab Spring and the Gulf States, Mohamed A. J. Althani, a former minister in the Qatari government, analyses the ... Read more

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  • Yemen in Crisis

    Autocracy, Neo-Liberalism and the Disintegration of a State

    by Helen Lackner ...
    Yemen is in the grip of its most severe crisis in years. The civil war between the Huthi rebels and the Western and Arab supporters of the regime has resulted in thousands killed and three million displaced. Those who remain suffer severe food shortages and a collapsed economy. The struggle for power in the Arab world's poorest but strategically vital nation has serious implications for the region ... Read more

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