| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 487 pages) |
| Series |
Contemporary issues in the Middle East |
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Contemporary issues in the Middle East.
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| Contents |
Religion, politics, and society in the Middle East -- Religion and politics in the Arab Spring and its aftermath / Valerie J. Hoffman -- The Islamic Republic and the politics of the new Middle East / Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi -- The military, the Islamists, and the battle over Egypt's constitution / Feisal G. Mohamed -- Old and new battles for Turkish national identity / Joshua D. Hendrick -- Security challenges in Tunisia, Libya, Morocco, and Algeria in the wake of the Arab uprisings / Ramazan Erda -- Human rights in the Middle East -- Islam, non-Muslim minorities, and human rights in the Middle East / Valerie J. Hoffman -- Regime ruptures and sectarian eruptions in post-Mubarak Egypt / Mariz Tadros -- The Palestinians : justice denied / Cheryl A. Rubenberg -- Gender dynamics : what has changed? -- Gender norms in the Muslim Middle East / Valerie J. Hoffman -- The politics of gender equality in Turkey / Gül Aldıkaçtı Marshall -- Between a rock and a hard place : the "Arab Spring," women, and lessons from Iran / Haideh Moghissi -- Media and cultural expressions -- State-sponsored media, cultural production, and information wars : the case of Iran / Niki Akhavan -- The power of corruption and the corruption of power : the Arabic historical novel in Morocco (and elsewhere) / Roger Allen -- From Sayed Darwish to MC Sadat : sonic cartographies of the Egyptian uprising / Ted Swedenburg |
| Summary |
This book examines politics and social dynamics in the Middle East today from diverse disciplinary perspectives, including religion, economics, gender, human rights, literature, media and music |
| Notes |
Some papers were originally presented at a conference titled "The New Middle East : Social and Political Change in the Twenty-First Century," sponsored by the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on October 18-20, 2012--Acknowledgments |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 24, 2020) |
| Subject |
Religion and politics -- Middle East -- History -- 21st century
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Women -- Middle East -- Social conditions -- 21st century
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Mass media -- Middle East -- History -- 21st century
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- World -- Middle Eastern.
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Civilization
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Mass media
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Politics and government
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Religion and politics
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Women -- Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Middle East -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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Middle East -- Civilization -- 21st century
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| Subject |
Middle East
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hoffman, Valerie J. (Valerie Jon), 1954- editor.
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| LC no. |
2019002634 |
| ISBN |
9780815654575 |
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081565457X |
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