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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Editor's Note -- Introduction -- 1 Stability and Change in Syria -- 2 The Future of Ba 'thist Iraq: Power Structure, Challenges, and Prospects -- 3 Iranian Politics Since the Gulf War -- 4 The Nine Lives of Hashemite Jordan -- 5 Regime Stability and Change in the Gulf: The Case of Saudi Arabia -- 6 The PLO and the Palestinians: A Revolution Institutionalized -- 7 Israel: Political Change in a Democratic State -- 8 Egypt's Political Order: Continuity and Challenges -- About the Contributors -- Index -- About the Book and Editor.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction: Comparative Electoral Politics in the Middle East -- PART I: ELECTORAL ISSUES -- 1. Turkey -- 2. Lebanon -- 3. Israel -- 4. Comparisons -- PART II: VOTING BEHAVIOUR -- 5. Turkey -- 6. Lebanon -- 7. Israel -- 8. Comparisons -- PART III: PARLIAMENTARY ELITES -- 9. Turkey -- 10. Lebanon -- 11. Israel -- 12. Comparisons -- Epilogue: Comparative Electoral Politics in the Middle East -- Index.

This volume draws together a number of research papers presented at a conference titled "Security, Insecurity and Prospects for Peace in the Middle East and North Africa", organised by Nottingham Trent University's Middle East and North Africa Research cluster in April 2016. The conference focused on questions pertinent to what may be termed the 'post-Arab Spring' era, in which the Middle East is experiencing unprecedented national and transnational challenges. Conflict, instability, radicalisation and the mass displacement of people have become increasingly salient features of the political and economic landscape of the region.The contributions here analyse a range of political, economic, security and socio-cultural issues that the authors argue lie at the heart of the instability that the region is currently experiencing. Re-thinking issues of security and insecurity in the Middle East not only allows us to explain what might have led to current instability, but also allows us to posit possible solutions to these security issues. In doing so, this book goes beyond the concepts of security and insecurity as a standard account of perpetrator versus victim, in a state-centric and violence-centric manner, to a broader and more complex understanding of the underlying processes informing security and insecurity in the region. The contributors include scholars from around the world working in a variety of different fields, including Middle Eastern studies, international relations and international political economy, providing an eclectic discussion of the state of the region.

Chapter 1: An Introduction: Gendered Rentierism in the Arab World -- Chapter 2: State Feminism and Gender Rentierism -- Chapter 3: Foreign Aid and Virtue Signaling -- Chapter 4: The Gender Paradox of Remittances -- Chapter 5: Independents, Women's Work, and Oil Rents -- Chapter 6. Gender Rentierism—a Curse or an Opportunity for Women?