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9780253335029

Area Studies and Social Science

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  • ISBN13:

    9780253335029

  • ISBN10:

    0253335027

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-06-01
  • Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr
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Summary

"The volume edited by Mark Tessler addresses a set of critical issues confronting all social scientists whose field of inquiry is extra-American.... Tessler and his contributors succeed admirably in their goal." -- American Historical ReviewHow should scholars construct knowledge about politics, economics, and international relations in major world regions? According to the contributors to this lively volume, the conflicting approaches of regional specialists and discipline-oriented social scientists must be combined to provide a firm foundation for studying the contemporary politics of the Middle East. Contributors are Lisa Anderson, Anne Banda, Laurie A. Brand, Laura Zittrain Eisenberg, John P. Entelis, Clement M. Henry, Magda Kandil, Baghat Korany, Jodi Nachtwey, Augustus Richard Norton, and Mark Tessler.

Author Biography

Mark Tessler is Professor of Political Science, Director of the Centerfor Middle Eastern Studies, and Head of the Department of Near EasternStudies. He is author of A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, and co-editor (with David Garnham) of Democracy, War, and Peace in the Middle East.

Jodi Nachtwey is a doctoral student in political science and Research Fellow for the Center of International Studies at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

Anne Banda is a doctoral student in urban studies and Assistant Director of the Center for International Studies at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Area Studies Controversy vii
Mark Tessler
Jodi Nachtwey
Anne Banda
Politics in the Middle East: Opportunities and Limits in the Quest for Theory
1(10)
Lisa Anderson
State-Society Relations: Algeria as a Case Study
11(19)
John P. Entelis
Associational Life: Civil Society in Authoritarian Political Systems
30(18)
Augustus Richard Norton
Explaining Women's Support for Political Islam: Contributions from Feminist Theory
48(22)
Jodi Nachtwey
Mark Tessler
Influencing Public Policy: Banking and the Political Economy of Collective Action
70(11)
Clement M. Henry
Toward a Theory of International Labor Migration: Evidence from Egypt
81(21)
Magda Kandil
Religion and International Conflict: An Individual-Level Analysis
102(19)
Mark Tessler
Jodi Nachtwey
The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Lessons about Diplomatic Initiatives and Negotiations
121(13)
Laura Zittrain Eisenberg
Middle Eastern Alliances: From Neorealism to Political Economy
134(14)
Laurie A. Brand
International Relations Theory: Contributions from Research in the Middle East
148(11)
Bahgat Korany
Contributors 159(2)
Index 161

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