Politics and Governance in the Middle East

Introduction -- The Historical and Political Context -- Social Structures and Social Development -- Political Economy -- Political Systems -- Religion and Politics -- Civil Society and Political Change -- Gender and Politics -- The Use of Violence : Armed Forces, Police and Militias -- Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa -- The Middle East and the Wider World -- The Origins of the Arab Uprisings --Reflections on the Nature and Aftermath of the Arab uprisings

Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrative Material -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Map of the Middle East -- Introduction -- 1 The Arab Awakening -- Democratization or authoritarian 'upgrading'? -- 2 The Historical and Political Context -- The Middle East and the West in historical perspective -- The decline of Muslim power -- Responses to European encroachment -- World War I and the making of the modern Middle East -- The coming of independence -- Patterns in post-colonial political development -- The MENA after the Cold War -- 3 Social Structures and Social Development -- The transformation of rural life -- The development of a modern economy -- Urbanization -- The emergence of new social classes -- Social change, gender and the family -- 4 Political Economy -- Patterns in economic policy-making and economic performance -- Population growth and its challenges -- Oil and politics in the MENA -- 5 Institutions, Parties and Elections -- Monarchies versus republics -- Party politics and elections -- Institutions, parties and elections in the MENA democracies and quasi-democracies -- 6 Religion and Politics -- Terminology: fundamentalism, Islamism, political Islam -- A global Islamic resurgence? -- Islamic 'resurgence': origins and causes -- Political factors -- Socioeconomic factors -- Ideological factors -- Christianity and politics in the MENA -- Judaism and politics in the State of Israel -- 7 Civil Society and Political Change -- Civil society: an overview -- Civil society activism in MENA: main approaches -- Civil society, activated citizenship and the Arab Awakening -- Conclusion -- 8 Gender and Politics -- Historical overview -- Islam and feminism -- Alternative perspectives -- Women in Islamist parties and movements -- 9 The Military, Security and Conflict -- The rise of the military -- The Arab-Israeli conflict.

Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Arab Awakening -- 3. The Historical and Political Context -- 4. Social Structures and Social Development -- 5. Political Economy -- 6. Institutions, Parties and Elections -- 7. Religion and Politics -- 8. Civil Society and Political Change -- 9. Gender and Politics -- 10. The Military, Security and Conflict -- 11. The Middle East and the Wider World -- 12. After the Awakening