The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa

by Long, David E.; Reich, Bernard

• ISBN13: 9780813338996
• ISBN10: 0813338999
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-03-28
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Summary

Rapid social, economic, and political change is endemic to the Middle East and is often more revolutionary than evolutionary in nature. In many ways, the entire political landscape of the Middle East has been transformed in the past decade in the realm of both international relations and domestic politics: The collapse of the Soviet Union, the end of the cold war, and the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait have all had a profound effect on relations among states within the region and between those states and countries outside the region.In this revised edition, Long and Reich provide comprehensive and up-to-date analyses of many critical contemporary events and issues. The contributors explain how Desert Storm isolated Iraq and brought Syria back into the mainstream of Arab politics, contributing to the revival of the Arab-Israeli peace process. They also show how the return of a Labor government in Israel has allowed the peace process to go forward. Evaluating the economic costs of the Kuwait war and the continuing oil glut, the authors find that resulting changes in the domestic economies of the oil-producing states have created additional pressures for social and political change. The most profound change in government and politics, however, is the rise of Islam as the idiom of political discourse among moderates as well as extremists.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	vii
Preface	ix
Introduction	1	(8)
David E. Long
Bernard Reich
Republic of Turkey	9	(38)
George S. Harris
Islamic Republic of Iran	47	(25)
John W. Limbert
Mark J. Gasiorowski
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	72	(30)
David E. Long
Republic of Iraq	102	(26)
Phebe Marr
Eastern Arabian States: Kuwait, Bahrain, Quatar, United Arab Emirates, and Oman, Malcolm C. Peck	128	(46)
Republic of Yemen	174	(23)
F. Gregory Gause III
Republic of Lebanon	197	(28)
M. Graeme Bannerman
Syrian Arab Republic	225	(21)
Curtis R. Ryan
Hashimite Kingdom of Jordan	246	(21)
Curtis R. Ryan
State of Israel	267	(48)
Bernard Reich
The Palestinians	315	(25)
Ann Mosely Lesch
Arab Republic of Egypt	340	(30)
Louis J. Cantori
Sally Ann Baynard
Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	370	(22)
Mary-Jane Deeb
Kingdom of Morocco	392	(31)
Gregory W. White
Mark A. Tessler
John P. Entelis
Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria	423	(38)
Azzedine Layachi
John P. Entelis
Republic of Tunisia	461	(28)
Gregory W. White
John P. Entelis
Mark A. Tessler
About the Book and Editors	489	(2)
About the Contributors	491	(4)
Index	495