Efnisyfirlit

• Dedication
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Tables and Figures
  • Tables
  • Figures
• Preface to the Fourth Edition
• Map
• Introduction
  • The Muddle East?
  • Who invented the Middle East?
  • Orientalism – the enduring debate
  • State types: making sense of multiplicity
  • Questions for discussion
  • Recommended reading
• CHAPTER ONE: Colonial Rule: Shaping the Destiny of a Region
  • Introduction
  • Merchants and missionaries
  • The First World War and the death of the Ottoman Empire
  • 1918 and after: mandates, protectorates and colonial power
  • Inter-war European decline
  • Sunset empire
  • Case study
  • Case study
  • Case study
  • Questions for discussion
  • Recommended reading
• CHAPTER TWO: Nationalism: the Quest for Identity and Power
  • Introduction
  • Nationalism as theory turned into practice
  • The birth pangs of Arab nationalism
  • New identities and hopes
  • The first Arab Revolt: the Arab princes at the helm of British imperial ambition
  • Taking state power
  • Unification nationalism: the United Arab Republic and beyond
  • Case study
  • Case study
  • Case study
  • Questions for discussion
  • Recommended reading
• CHAPTER THREE: A Very Political Economy
  • Introduction
  • Regional wealth and extremes of inequality
  • Many models make poor work
  • Evolution of oil-based economies
  • Sheikhdoms and petro-power
  • Rentier futures, profit in decline?
  • Labour mobility and employment
  • Case study
  • Case study
  • Case study
  • Questions for discussion
  • Recommended reading
• CHAPTER FOUR: Conflict and Lack of Peace
  • Introduction
  • The bigger battle: Arab–Israeli hostility
  • Killing dreams: the Israeli–Palestinian dimension
  • East against West in the Suez Crisis
  • Arab versus Arab
  • The lion and the peacock: Arab–Iranian relations
  • Sectarian politics
  • Case study
  • Case study
  • Case study
  • Questions for discussion
  • Recommended reading
• CHAPTER FIVE: Past, Present and Future Politics: Islam
  • Introduction
  • Islam and politics
  • Thoroughly modern Muslims
  • Muslim Brotherhood
  • Fervour
  • Arab Spring and Islamist Autumn
  • Case study
  • Case study
  • Case study
  • Questions for discussion
  • Recommended reading
• CHAPTER SIX: The Ephemerals of Democracy in the Middle East
  • Introduction
  • Clash of civilizations
  • Democratization or liberalization?
  • Socio-economic indicators
  • Democracy and civil society
  • Islamism and democracy – an oxymoron?
  • The Arab Spring and democracy
  • Case study
  • Case study
  • Case study
  • Questions for discussion
  • Recommended reading
• CHAPTER SEVEN: Women: the Invisible Population
  • Introduction
  • The role of women in nationalist movements
  • Identity and independence
  • Women and Islam
  • Subjugation
  • Feminism and gender discourses
  • Case study
  • Case study
  • Case study
  • Questions for discussion
  • Recommended reading
• CHAPTER EIGHT: Endangered Species: Ethnicity and Minorities
  • Introduction
  • Defining ethnicity
  • Minority status
  • The state and ethnicity
  • Modernity in the post-modern age
  • Ethno-national and religious battles
  • Conflict management and regulation
  • Case study
  • Case study
  • Case study
  • Questions for discussion
  • Recommended reading
• CHAPTER NINE: Them and Us: the United States, EU and Russia in the Middle East
  • Introduction
  • National interest
  • Relations and rivalries
  • Europe, the EU and the Middle East
  • The bear awakens: Russia and the Middle East
  • Case study
  • Case study
  • Case study
  • Questions for discussion
  • Recommended reading
• CHAPTER TEN: The Arab Spring and the New Era of Uncertainty
  • Introduction
  • Underlying factors
  • Winds of change
  • Teenage kicks: youth and the Arab Spring
  • Rebellion and extremism
  • Unfolding spectacle of political change
  • Authoritarian resilience
  • Uncertain future
  • Case study
  • Case study
  • Case study
  • Questions for discussion
  • Recommended reading
• Bibliography
• Index
• End User License Agreement

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