Authors:Eleanor Abdella Doumato, Marsha Pripstein Posusney,
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Keywords: gender, economy, society, east, middle, globalization, arab, women
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 2003-01
List price: $22.50
ISBN-10: 1588261344
ISBN-13: 9781588261342

This work assesses the impact of globalization on women in Middle Eastern societies. To explore the gendered effects of social change, the authors examine trends within, as well as among, states in the region. Detailed case studies reveal the mixed results of global pressures.

Author: James Jankowski
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Keywords: arab, republic, united, nationalism, nasser, egypt
Number of Pages: 230
Published: 2001-10
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 1588260348
ISBN-13: 9781588260345

Authors:Raymond A. Hinnebusch, Anoushiravan Ehteshami,
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Keywords: middle, east, system, international, states, foreign, policies
Number of Pages: 350
Published: 2002-01
List price: $26.50
ISBN-10: 1588260208
ISBN-13: 9781588260208

This important new textbook offers a theoretically grounded, systematic examination of the foreign policies of twelve Middle East states. The authors first establish a common analytical framework for studying the individual cases; they also delineate the broader regional and global arenas within which Middle Eastern governments operate. Subsequent chapters assess the foreign policies of the region’s key players (Egypt, Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey), two "pariah states" (Iraq and Libya), and two smaller states (Tunisia and Yemen). Designed for use in both politics and IR

Author: Nicola Christine Pratt
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Keywords: world, arab, authoritarianism, democracy
Number of Pages: 236
Published: 2006-12-30
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 1588264866
ISBN-13: 9781588264862

What explains the enduring rule of authoritarian regimes in the Arab world? Nicola Pratt offers an innovative approach to this recurring question, shedding light on the failure of democratization by examining both the broad dynamics of authoritarianism in the region and the particular role of civil society. Pratt appraises the part that civil society actors played in the normalization of authoritarianism in the Middle East, the challenges that new organized groups now pose to entrenched Arab regimes, and the varying ways in which those regimes are responding. She also explores the diversity of

Authors:David K. Leonard, Scott Straus,
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Keywords: causes, cures, international, development, stalled, africa
Number of Pages: 150
Published: 2003-01
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1588261166
ISBN-13: 9781588261168

This discussion of Africa’s stagnant economies and civil disorders examines the dysfunctional incentives under which the continent’s political and economic elites typically operate and offers a new way of thinking about Africa’s development dilemmas and the policy options for addressing them. Weak states, personal rule and aid dependence, argue the authors, combine to create deep disincentives to development. Most often, these negative structural features are sustained by the nature of Africa’s interaction with the rest of the international system; thus, the cure must c

Authors:Susan Kaufman Purcell, Luis Rubio-Freidberg,
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Keywords: zedillo, mexico
Number of Pages: 151
Published: 1998-05
List price: $13.50
ISBN-10: 1555873154
ISBN-13: 9781555873158

Following a year of political and social upheaval, Ernesto Zedillo Ponce was inaugurated as Mexico’s president in December 1994. Soon after, the collapse of the peso forced a reorientation of the country’s policies and priorities. This text examines the move toward democracy during that time.

Author: Peter J. Woolley
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Keywords: paradox, politics, navy, japan
Number of Pages: 165
Published: 1999-11
List price: $28.50
ISBN-10: 1555878199
ISBN-13: 9781555878191

An examination of the development and potential of the Japanese navy in the context of the US-Japan alliance. It presents Japan’s coming of age as a military - primarily naval - power in a series of case studies on sea-lane defence, minesweeping and participation in UN peacekeeping operations.