TY - BOOK AU - Gasiorowski,Mark J AU - Yom,Sean L. TI - The government and politics of the Middle East and North Africa SN - 9780813349947 U1 - 320.956 22 PY - 2018/// CY - New York, Abingdon, Oxon PB - Routledge / Taylor and Francis Group, KW - Middle East KW - Politics and government KW - 1945- KW - BUEsh KW - Africa, North KW - MASPPSS KW - November2019 KW - Reading book N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface -- Introduction : the Middle East and North Africa in comparative perspective / Sean L. Yom -- Syrian Arab Republic / Thomas Pierret -- Republic of Lebanon / William Harris -- Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan / Curtis R. Ryan -- State of Israel / Mira Sucharov and Hamed Mousavi -- Palestine / Glenn E. Robinson -- Republic of Turkey / Henri J. Barkey and Omer Taspinar -- Republic of Iraq / Ariel I. Ahram -- Islamic Republic of Iran / Mark Gasiorowski -- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia / Sebastian Maisel -- Eastern Arabian states : Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Oman / Jill Crystal -- Republic of Yemen / Stacy Philbrick Yadav -- Arab Republic of Egypt / Joshua Stacher -- State of Libya / Karim Mezran -- Republic of Tunisia / Lindsay J. Benstead -- People's Democratic Republic of Algeria / Azzedine Layachi -- Kingdom of Morocco / Gregory W. White N2 - The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa continues to provide comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the region's critical contemporary events and issues. Invited specialists contribute authoritative overviews of the government and politics of each country in the Middle East and North Africa. As in previous editions, country chapters are systematically organized to address historical background, social and economic conditions, politics, and foreign policy, and each chapter features an updated data table for easy compare and contrast. The sixth edition has been revised thr UR - https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1703/2016285392-b.html UR - https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1703/2016285392-d.html UR - https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1703/2016285392-t.html ER -