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Title: A Political Economy of the Middle East by Alan Richards, John Waterbury ISBN: 0-8133-2411-4 Publisher: Westview Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $47.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: A Good Survey
Comment: This book starts to fill a gap sorely lacking on political economy in the Middle East. At times, it suffers from what most surveys of regions do - overlooking particular experiences of individual countries and other important factors determining important cause and effect relationships.
Nevertheless, it provides a good starting point for the student of the Middle East and the general reader who has a curiosity concerning the lack of non-oil wealth in the Middle East.
Rating: 5
Summary: Essential and Excellent textbook
Comment: I have read and used sevral books in my research on the Middle East. I find this book to be the best to gain a bird's eye view of many social, political and economic problems in the region. R & W discuss problems of nation - building, state types and formation, competing ideologies, socio-economic crisis and oil politics (among other things). It's an excellent place to start for serious approaches to the subject. I have read both editions and look forward to future books form these authors.
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Rating: 5
Summary: Essential to Obtaining a Multi-faceted Understanding of ME
Comment: This authorative work was monumental when first released, and the second edition updates the first well, addressing many new contemporary developments. At times, the book can be daunting; however, for the material it covers, it is often suprisingly readable. It is great a launchpad for a multifarious number of other studies because it integrates and discusses so many other concerns. The charts, graphs, and tables which are employed generously are helpful as well. Overall, the book succeeds well at being balanced, practical and straightforward about the problems facing the Middle East, including their source and future.
Recommended for students and professionals seeking specialized knowledge of the M. E. which presents a solid framework for seeing the interelatedness of many aspects of Mid. East society. Casual readers will be overwhelmed by it analytical style and attention to detail. A general knowledge of economics as well as politics is of course recommended before reading this as well.
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Title: A History of Middle East Economies in the Twentieth Century by Roger Owen, Sevket Pamuk ISBN: 0674398319 Publisher: Harvard University Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $28.95 |
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Title: The Tragedy of Zionism: How Its Revolutionary Past Haunts Israeli Democracy by Bernard Avishai ISBN: 1581152582 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Inside Terrorism by Bruce Hoffman ISBN: 0231114699 Publisher: Columbia University Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: The Politics of Bureaucracy by B. Guy Peters ISBN: 0415194776 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Origins of Terrorism: Psychologies, Ideologies, Theologies, States of Mind by Walter Reich ISBN: 0943875897 Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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