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Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1977. Classic scholarly text investigates the Turkish experiment in democracy which began with the formation of new political parties in 1945 and led to the peaceful abdication of power by the Republican People's Party after the general election of 1950. This change which brought the Democrat Party to power, proved to be a turning-point in Turkish… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1999. This scholarly text is the first major account of the life and times of a merchant in nineteenth-century Iran or in the Middle East. Haj Muhammad Amin al-Zarb (1834-1898) rose from humble beginnings to become one of Iran’s wealthiest and most prominent merchants. He built up his wealth as a money changer, a trader in… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1997. When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, the sight of tens of thousands of non-Kuwaiti Arabs, Indians, East Asians, and Westerners fleeing or trapped under occupation made the outside world suddenly aware of a singular fact of Kuwaiti society—that Kuwaitis are an absolute minority in their own country. Basing her analysis on extensive fieldwork and archival… Read more about this item

Herndon, Virginia: Association of Muslim Social Scientists & International Institute of ISlamic Thought, 2001. Scholarly text presents articles covering Al-Mawardi's Theory of State: Some Ignored Dimensions; Prospect and Problems of a Common Market: An Empirical Examination of the OIC Countries; Femininity versus Feminism: Contemporary Islamic Perspectives on the Essence of Womanhood; ISESCO and the International Knowledge Order: Proaction, Reaction or… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1995. Scholarly text presents a detailed examination of the extent to which Nasser's 1952 coup d'etat brought about significant changes in the basic social, political and cultural structures of Egypt. Topics discussed include state and revolution; economic and social patterns; the role of intellectiuals and the media; issues of foreign relations, including the conflict with Israel;… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1985. Scholarly text examines the evolution of the Sa'udi government from 1901 to 1983, a period of major social and political transformation, and the ways in which a traditional elite, the Al Sa'ud, has managed to surmount the formidable obstacles of tribal and regional differences compounded by rapid modernization. The Council of Ministers, formed in 1953,… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1987. Scholarly comprehensive text reviews the archaeology of western Iran from the first Neolithic villages through the earliest political states, from the archaic and Persian empires to the profound influences of the Greek and Roman civilizations, and finally to the fall to Islamic invaders. Text adopts a geographic approach, concentrating on settlement patterns and the… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: Westview Press / Middle East Institute, 1987. Scholarly text presents a collection of essays in honor of Professor Majid Khadduri, and covers the fields to which he has made notable contributions: law, ideas and personalities, and the politics and diplomacy of the Middle East. The text also examines the complexity of communism in the Arab world, the little-known… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1994. Scholarly highly acclaimed text focuses on the origins and consequences of political-ideological struggle in Egypt, which pitted liberal democrats, transitional authoritarians, Marxists, and Islamic fundamentalists against one another for control of the state and Egypt's future. Based on hundreds of interviews with key actors representing a cross-section of ideological viewpoints, this text provides a detailed… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1988. Scholarly text explores the recent history of the Saudi oil state in an analysis of the struggle for social and political power in modern Saudi Arabia. Includes a discussion of the impact on the Saudi economy of the oil market; processes of modernization and its impact on social and political change; etc. 247 pgs. Frontispiece… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1982. Scholarly study describes and interprets the transformation of Egyptian agriculture from the beginning of cotton cultivation in the early nineteeth century to the economic changes under Anwar Sadat. The author uses both microeconomic theory and social and political analysis to show how the interaction of social classes, technical change, government policy, and the international and… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1985. Scholarly text examines the complex processes by which the traditional relationships between religion, society, and polity are being radically altered in the modern Saudi state. This study focuses on the differentiation between religion and state in a patrimonial society; changing patterns in the composition and orientation of the political elite; the process of nation building.… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1990. Scholarly text explores the failure of liberal nationalism in Iran, and examines the movement's three major opportunities and subsequent failures to gain political power in Iran- the latest during the 1977-1979 revolution. The author addresses the key question of whether the failure of liberal nationalism can be blamed o structural constraints or is the result… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1990. Scholarly text authored by a group of distinguished Jordanian economists, examines the extent to which economic inequality in Jordan has increased since 1973 despite- and due to a concerted program of economic development. Utilizing empirical data on the distribution of income, the authors analyze the wage and income differentials by occupation, economic sector, rural/urban variables;… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1985. Scholarly text presents a comprehensive listing of published works dealing with Israeli politics, including studies on the Israeli constitution system; Israel's elections, political history and economics; diplomatic relations and foreign policy; Zionism; studies of related topics covering Palestine and the Palestinian people; the West Bank and Gaza Strip; the Arab-Israeli peace process; etc. 133 pgs..… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1978. Scholarly text based on the author's extensive research and access to previously unpublished government documents, presents the first detailed and accurate figures on the size and distribution of the Gulf oil revenues. Text examines precisely how four governments- Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar- decided to use the wealth they received from exploitation of their… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1993. Scholarly text presents a detailed study of Iran, beginning with the rise of the Safavid dynasty in 1501 and tracing the transformation of Iran'a social structure, offers an interpretive synthesis of Iranian history. It argues that Iranian social structure is historically the product of both internal and external dynamics and that growing dependence on the… Read more about this item

Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Scholarly text presents a collection of essays which provides a detailed introduction to the structure of political power under the Mamluks and its economic foundations, and also offers a unique insight into the Mamluk households and their relationship with the indigenous Egyptian population. Topics cover Mamluk culture,science and education; Mamluk property, geography and urban… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1987. Scholarly text deals with industrialization patterns in the kibbutz, the moshav, the non-agricultural village, and the Arab village. Prevailing conditions and objectives vary depending on the specific type of settlement. Includes a general background of and define the specific objectives for each type of village; relevant conditions at the local and regional levels; analysis of… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1984. Comprehensive scholarly text presents an unabridged translation of Ayatollah Khomeini's "A Clarification of Questions", which provides a unique picture of the belief structure of Shi'ism. A compendium of 3000 "problems", Khomeini's treatise is intended to guide laymen in their religious duties, as well as to cover all of life's questions and needs, from personal… Read more about this item