Led by Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the UAE has become deeply embedded in the contemporary system of international power, politics, and policy-making. Only an independent state since 1971, the seven emirates that constitute the UAE represent not only the most successful Arab federal experiment but also the most durable. However, the 2008 financial crisis and its aftermath underscored the continuing imbalance between Abu Dhabi and Dubai and the five northern emirates. Meanwhile, the post-2011 security crackdown revealed the acute sensitivity of officials in Abu Dhabi to social inequalities and...
Led by Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the UAE has become deeply embedded in the contemporary system of international power, politics, and policy-making. Only...
The first edition of "Morocco" was published one year before the mass protests of the Arab Spring rocked the Moroccan state. Post-Arab Spring, the country has a new constitution and government, but the state remains uncompromising on any true reform of the monarchy s claims to power.
This new edition provides an introductory overview of the history, contemporary politics, economy, and international relations in Morocco and offers an examination of the challenges to tradition and modernity in the post-colonial state. It has been revised and updated to include analysis of the country s...
The first edition of "Morocco" was published one year before the mass protests of the Arab Spring rocked the Moroccan state. Post-Arab Spring, the ...
The first edition of "Morocco" was published one year before the mass protests of the Arab Spring rocked the Moroccan state. Post-Arab Spring, the country has a new constitution and government, but the state remains uncompromising on any true reform of the monarchy s claims to power.
This new edition provides an introductory overview of the history, contemporary politics, economy, and international relations in Morocco and offers an examination of the challenges to tradition and modernity in the post-colonial state. It has been revised and updated to include analysis of the country s...
The first edition of "Morocco" was published one year before the mass protests of the Arab Spring rocked the Moroccan state. Post-Arab Spring, the ...
Israel is one of the few states in the world whose modern, indeed, contemporary history, is still contested and highly charged. This book seeks to update analysis of the political history, contemporary politics, economics and foreign policy of the region.
Firstly providing a political chronology summarised in two major chapters, Israel goes on to discuss the economic history of the state and society, followed by historical analysis of the international dimension in which the state has been developed, maintained and matured. It concludes with a review of recent years and some...
Israel is one of the few states in the world whose modern, indeed, contemporary history, is still contested and highly charged. This book seeks to ...
The first edition of "Tunisia "was released just nine months before the eruption of the Arab Spring. The most substantial period of political unrest felt by the Arab world in a half century originated in Tunisia, a fact that confounded expectations about Tunisian politics. This new edition builds upon the first edition s overview of Tunisia s political and economic development to examine how one of the region s hardiest authoritarian orders was toppled by a loosely organised protest wave.
Providing the most up-to-date introduction to Tunisia s post-independence and post-Arab Spring...
The first edition of "Tunisia "was released just nine months before the eruption of the Arab Spring. The most substantial period of political unres...
Addressing major political developments in Iraq over the past century, this book provides an up-to-date and accessible study of the country, advancing a sympathetic yet balanced understanding of its critical role in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and in global affairs.
Addressing major political developments in Iraq over the past century, this book provides an up-to-date and accessible study of the country, advancing...
