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Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East. Edited by Shibley Telhami and Michael Barnett. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2001. 240p. $45.OO cloth, $18.95 paper
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 1, Heft 2, S. 471-472
ISSN: 1541-0986
Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East
In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Band 1, Heft 2, S. 471-472
ISSN: 1537-5927
MANOCHEHR DORRAJ, ED., Middle East at the Crossroads: The Changing Political Dynamics and the Foreign Policy Challenges (New York: University Press of America, 1999). Pp. 316
In: International journal of Middle East studies: IJMES, Band 33, Heft 3, S. 465-467
ISSN: 1471-6380
Like a mega-earthquake, the end of the Cold War sent lasting shockwaves
throughout the international system. Outside the former communist bloc, the epicenter of this
earthquake, nowhere else were those tremors more dramatic in their impact than in the Middle
East—a region of long-standing geo-strategic standing and a legacy of incessant foreign
conquest and intervention. The end of the Cold War exposed clearly the structural weaknesses of
the region and drastically reduced its system immunities. As at previous turning points, the Middle
East faced formidable constraints as well as luring opportunities. Middle East at the
Crossroads is a collection of articles addressing the contours of this new environment and
its challenges for both Middle Eastern states and the major powers. It is a welcome addition and
an important contribution to Middle Eastern studies.
Democracy in the Balance: Culture and Society in the Middle East
In: The Middle East journal, Band 54, Heft 1, S. 144-146
ISSN: 0026-3141
Dialogues in Arab Politics: Negotiations in Regional Order
In: The Middle East journal, Band 54, Heft 4, S. 664-666
ISSN: 0026-3141
Law: Palestine and the Law: Guidelines for the Resolution of the Arab-Israel Conflict
In: The Middle East journal, Band 53, Heft 2, S. 314-316
ISSN: 0026-3141
Democratization and the Islamist Challenge in the Arab World
In: The Middle East journal, Band 52, Heft 3, S. 461-462
ISSN: 0026-3141
Israel in Comparative Perspective: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom. Edited by Michael N. Barnett. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996. 296p. $59.50 cloth, $19.95 paper
In: American political science review, Band 91, Heft 2, S. 472-473
ISSN: 1537-5943
The Many Faces of National Security in the Arab World, edited by Bahgat Korany, Paul Noble and Rex Brynen. (International Political Economy Series) 322 pages, map, tables, notes, appendices, index. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. $49.95 (Cloth) ISBN 0-312-08378-5
In: Middle East Studies Association bulletin, Band 29, Heft 2, S. 196-197
A Discipline Asserting its Identity and Place Displacement, Aid and Anthropology in Sudan
In: Eastern Africa social science research review: a publication of the Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern Africa and Southern Europe, Band 18, Heft 1, S. 63-96
ISSN: 1684-4173
The relationship between anthropology and development is very much contested. While the debate about such relationship is not new (it began during the early 1970s and continued up to the present), it started to be heated during the closing decade of the last century with the ascendance of the post-modern critique in anthropology. Arguments of the debate are, generally, either for or against involvement of anthropology, whose dubious history is often cited by those who are sceptic about its role. It is unfortunate that most current heated debates on the relationship between anthropology and development are a reflection of anthropological elitism preoccupied with general dilemmas of anthropology while the real dilemma, that of those who are brutally subjected to misguided development and mass displacement, is compromised. This paper is against such muted anthropological elitism and while it endeavours to make the case for a positive role of anthropology in development, it does not distance anthropologists from the failures of development industry or portray them as an innocent part in that industry. It argues that while revealing the realities of the powerless is still needed, anthropologists need also to focus on the powerful, and probably be part of the power apparatus. The case of the displaced persons in Sudan and the author's own experience with NGOs are used to substantiate the paper's arguments and avert the muted elitism characterising much of the current debates on anthropology and development.
The Arab-Israeli conflict: two decades of change
In: [Westview special studies on the Middle East]
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BOOK REVIEWS - MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS - Democracy in the Balance: Culture and Society in the Middle East
In: The Middle East journal, Band 54, Heft 1, S. 144-146
ISSN: 0026-3141
LAW - Palestine and the Law: Guidelines for the Resolution of the Arab-Israel Conflict
In: The Middle East journal, Band 53, Heft 2, S. 313
ISSN: 0026-3141
MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS - Democratization and the Islamist Challenge in the Arab World
In: The Middle East journal, Band 52, Heft 3, S. 459
ISSN: 0026-3141