Interpreting the Middle East :  essential themes / 
edited by David S. Sorenson. 
 - Boulder, CO :  Westview Press,  2010. 
 - ix, 444 p. :  ill., map ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Interpreting the Middle East / David S. Sorenson -- Demographic development / Onn Winckler -- Historical memory and contemporary affairs / Glenn E. Perry -- Drivers of political change in the Middle East and North Africa / Dafna H. Rand -- Civil-military relations / David S. Sorenson -- Political economy / Chantel Pheiffer and Gregory White -- Political economies of the Maghreb / Clement M. Henry -- Gender / Amy Elizabeth Young -- The Islamic awakening / Raymond William Baker -- The Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Christopher Hemmer -- Conflict in Western Sahara / Yahia H. Zoubir -- The political economy of modern Iraq / Eric Davis -- Iran's regional foreign policy / Manochehr Dorraj -- Global energy and the Middle East / Steve Yetiv. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813344409 (alk. paper) 0813344409 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009042607 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Middle East--Politics and government--21st century.<br/>Middle East--Economic conditions--21st century.<br/>Middle East--Social conditions--21st century.<br/>Medio Oriente--Política y gobierno--Siglo 21.<br/>Medio Oriente--Condicones economicas--Siglo 21.<br/>Medio Oriente--Condicones sociales--Siglo 21.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>439 DS 63.1  / I61 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>956.05