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Chapter 1: Migration to the Middle East: Issues and Prospects -- Chapter 2: Demographic Dividend in the Middle East: An Empirical Assessment -- Chapter 3: Egyptian Labour Migration in the Arab Middle East -- Chapter 4: Vagaries in the Management of Migrant Domestic Workers from the Philippines: A Case Study from Lebanon -- Chapter 5: Migration in Saudi Arabia: Present and Prospects -- Chapter 6: Policies for Protection of Indian Migrant Workers in Middle East -- Chapter 7: Approaching Different Dimensions of Indian Labour Migration to the Gulf -- Chapter 8: Kerala Emigrants in the Gulf -- Chapter 9: Forced Migration of Muslims from Kerala to Gulf Countries -- Chapter 10: Determinants of International Remittance: Evidence from Kerala -- Chapter 11: Tamil Nadu Migrants in the Gulf -- Chapter 12: Telugu Emigrants in the Gulf -- Chapter 13: Labour Emigration from Rajasthan to Gulf -- Chapter 14: Emigration from Uttar Pradesh to the Middle East -- Chapter 15: Indian Women as Nurses and Domestic Workers in the Middle East: A Feminist Perspective -- Chapter 16: Emerging Policies in the Gulf and its Impact on Asia

Chapter 1. Low Carbon Energy in the Middle East and North Africa: Panacea or Placebo? -- Chapter 2. The Politics of Low Carbon Energy in Iran and Iraq -- Chapter 3. Pairing Coal with Solar: The UAE's Fragmented Electricity Policy -- Chapter 4. The Rise of Renewables in the Gulf States: Is the 'Rentier Effect' Still Holding Back the Energy Transition? -- Chapter 5. From Fuel-poor to Radiant: Morocco's energy geopolitics and renewable energy strategy -- Chapter 6. Byzantine Energy Politics: The Complex Tale of Low Carbon Energy in Turkey -- Chapter 7. Electricity Sector Developments in Egypt: Toward an Increasingly Clean and Independent Future -- Chapter 8. Levant: When Politics defeat Alternative Energy Disruptions -- Chapter 9. Governance amidst the transition to renewable energy in the Middle East and North Africa -- Chapter 10. Powering the Middle East and North Africa with Nuclear Energy: Stakeholders and Technopolitics -- Chapter 11. Climate change policy in the Arab region.

Aimed at undergraduate level courses, this brand-new textbook provides an overview of Middle Eastern politics, offering in-depth examination of the forces of stability, change, uncertainty, and progress in the region. Building on both historical and contemporary analysis, the chapters are timely, engaging and provocative, covering topics such as: - Turmoil and transition in Middle Eastern politics - The Arab-Israeli conflict - The Persian Gulf and global security - The rise of the internet - Terrorism and the Islamic State - US-Iran relations - The role of new regional players, such as China, India and Russia - Increasing investment in wind and solar energy in the post-carbon era. Providing a unique perspective on the major themes and current state of knowledge about the region, this new textbook will be invaluable to students of Middle Eastern politics.

A longtime bestseller, Politics and Change in the Middle East employs a multidisciplinary approach to comprehensively and evenhandedly study the regions past, present, and future. Through politics, economics, culture, and history, this text offers a rugged analytical framework that familiarizes students with the Middle East and helps them to critically evaluate contemporary developments. Thematically organized, Politics and Change in the Middle East introduces students to the primary actors and issues that define the region and its role in world politics.

"Discusses religion, democracy, and politics in the Middle East in the early 21st century and highlights dilemmas and challenges for the future of the region"--Provided by publisher

This open access book focuses on the origins, consequences and aftermath of the 1995 and 1999 Western military interventions that led to the end of the most recent Balkan wars. Though challenging problems remain in Bosnia, Macedonia, Kosovo, and Serbia, the conflict prevention and state-building efforts thereafter were partly successful as countries of the region are on separate tracks towards European Union membership. This study highlights lessons that can be applied to the Middle East and Ukraine, where similar conflicts are likewise challenging sovereignty and territorial integrity. It is an accessible treatment of what makes war and how to make peace ideal for all readers interested in how violent international conflicts can be managed, informed by the experience of a practitioner.

This text investigates how ecology and politics meet in the Middle East and how those interactions connect to the global political economy. Through region-wide analyses and case studies from the Arabian Peninsula, the Gulf of Aden, the Levant and North Africa, the volume highlights the intimate connections of environmental activism, energy infrastructure and illicit commodity trading with the political economies of Central Asia, the Horn of Africa and the Indian subcontinent.

"The changes brought by the Arab Spring and ensuing developments in the Middle East have made the Kurds an important force in the region. Tel-Aviv and Washington place high hopes on Erbil to facilitate their dealings with Baghdad, Damascus, Teheran and Ankara. Kurds living in Turkey, Syria and Iran have been inspired by the successes of their brethren in Iraq who managed to gain significant independence and make remarkable achievements in state building. The idea of a greater Kurdistan is in the air. This book focuses on how the Kurds have become a new and significant force in Middle Eastern politics. International expert contributors conceptualize current developments putting them into theoretical perspective, helping us to better understand the potential role the Kurds could play in the Middle East"--Provided by publisher.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- 1. The Region: Its Food Potential and Constraints -- The Food Deficit -- The National Picture -- Food and Assistance Systems -- Notes -- 2. The Agricultural Sector in Development Policy -- A Sectoral Profile -- The Political Context -- National Investment Strategies -- Notes -- 3. Agrarian Development Goals and Strategies, and Class Inequalities -- The Structure of Classes -- Distributive Strategies -- Reformative Strategies -- Institutional Strategies - Cooperative Schemes -- Institutional Strategies - Collectives -- Basic Needs and Class Interests -- Notes -- 4. Bureaucratic Values, Structures, and Decisions -- The Patrimonial System -- Policy Implementation: Center and Periphery -- Reform and Administrative Decentralization -- Bureaucratic Decision Styles -- Notes -- 5. Food Aid, Trade, and Development Assistance -- U.S. Food Aid and Trade -- U.S. Food Aid and Foreign Policy -- Assistance Programs and Trade: Europe and the Communist States -- Multilateral Development and Financial Assistance -- Intraregional Economic Assistance -- Assistance and Domestic Policies -- The Food-Oil Link -- Notes -- 6. Food and Political Stability -- Food and Urban Violence -- Rural Discontent -- Conflict and Production -- Islamic Resurgence and Agrarian Policy -- Prospects for the 1980s -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

Explaining how the U.S. withdrawal from the Middle East could have long-term consequences as other forces come forward to fill the gap, Russell A. Berman details how the retreat began and how the reduction of the U.S. commitment has, in turn, set off a wave of repercussions. He analyzes what motivates such a retreat, how much it is a choice of the Obama administration, and how much it is rooted in U.S. cultural leanings that could outlast the administration. In Retreat warns not only about changing evaluations about this specific corner of the globe but also about predispositions to retreat from politics altogether, from the burden of leadership, and from the advocacy for democracy.

In their recent book, Anthropology's Politics: Disciplining the Middle East (Stanford University Press, 2016), Lara Deeb and Jessica Winegar provide the first academic study of how political and economic pressures shape the way scholars based in the United States research and teach about the Middle East. Lila Abu-Lughod, a member of the journal's editorial board, recently talked with the authors about the dynamics of the field. The book's final chapter examines the movement among anthropologists in support of a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. Just after the book's publication, the issue came to a vote at the American Anthropological Association. Abu-Lughod asks the authors whether their research enables us to understand the outcome of the vote.