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THIS ARTICLE USES SURVEY DATA FROM TUNISIA TO EXAMINE WAYS THAT INDIVIDUAL ATTITUDES CHANGE IN A DEVELOPING SOCIETY. ADDRESSING INADEQUACIES OF MODERNIZATION THEORY, IT ATTEMPTS TO SHED LIGHT ON THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL CHANGE ON ATTITUDES AND TO DELINEATE THE NATURE AND CONSEQUENCES OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF MODERNIZATION EXPERIENCES.

This book presents and discusses the logic and method of social science research adapted mainly for instruction at Arab universities and for research in Arab countries, but with applicability beyond the region. It illustrates major concepts and methods pertaining to research with examples of previous studies carried out in the Arab world and with exercises using Arab Barometer and other datasets. The book situates itself between a regular methods textbook and an annotated list of major concepts and methods, and includes an introduction, three chapters, and four appendices.

This book presents and discusses the logic and method of social science research adapted mainly for instruction at Arab universities and for research in Arab countries, but with applicability beyond the region. It illustrates major concepts and methods pertaining to research with examples of previous studies carried out in the Arab world and with exercises using Arab Barometer and other datasets. The book situates itself between a regular methods textbook and an annotated list of major concepts and methods, and includes an introduction, three chapters, and four appendices.

Intro -- Dedication -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Bibliographic Citations and Reprint Information -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction. Jews in Tunisia and Morocco and Arabs in Israel: Defining Attributes and Foundations for Comparative Analysis -- The Groups -- The Type -- Variation -- Covariates -- Bibliography -- Jews in North Africa -- Arabs in Israel -- Part I: Typologies and Theory: Some Comparisons Among Jews in Tunisia and Morocco and Arabs in Israel -- Chapter 2: Ethnic Change and Non-assimilating Minority Status: Jews in Tunisia and Morocco and Arabs in Israel (1981) -- The Theoretical Context -- The Groups -- Patterns of Ethnic Change -- Explaining Ethnic Change -- Postscript 1979 -- Chapter 3: The Identity of Religious Minorities in Non-Secular States: Jews in Tunisia and Morocco and Arabs in Israel (1978) -- Chapter 4: The Protection of Minorities in the Middle East: The Jews in Tunisia and Morocco and the Arabs in Israel (1981) -- The Groups and Their Sociopolitical Context -- Patterns of Protection -- Conclusions -- Part II: The Context: Religion, Politics, and Conflict in the Middle East in the 1970s -- Chapter 5: A Cultural Basis for Arab-Israeli Accommodation (1970) -- Rise of Arab Nationalism -- Israel's Legitimacy as a State -- Arab and Israeli Views of Each Other -- Basis for Future Cooperation -- Chapter 6: Secularism in the Middle East? Reflections on Recent Palestinian Proposals (1975) -- The Case for Secularism -- The Palestinian "De-Zionization" Proposal -- Religious Dilemmas in Historical Perspective -- Social Change and Religious Values in the Middle East Today -- Nonreligious Impediments to Secularism -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Political Change and the Islamic Revival in Tunisia (1980) -- Introduction: Issues of Islamic Change -- Politics and Religion in Tunisia.

"Mark Tessler's highly praised, comprehensive, and balanced history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the earliest times to the present - updated to the first decade of the twenty-first century - provides a constructive framework for understanding recent developments and assessing the prospects for future peace. New chapters elucidate the Oslo peace process, including the reasons for its failure, and the political dynamics in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza at a critical time of transition."--Jacket.