This new edition of Ellen Lust’s The Middle East builds on its  long-standing reputation as the most comprehensive, balanced, and nuanced introduction to the region. Lust and her outstanding contributors have fully revised the text to take into account the watershed events that have taken place in the Middle East since the 2011 uprisings. The book also adds important coverage with a new thematic chapter on religion, society, and politics in the region, which examines the role of both Islam and Judaism.

Based on reviewer feedback, other improvements to the text include:

• A reorganization of the thematic chapters in the first part of the book to better reflect how the course is taught, with chapters on Institutions and Governance and the Political Economy of Development in the Middle East preceding the chapter on Social Change in the Middle East.
• The chapter on Actors and Public Opinion now examines the role of social movements and activism in greater detail.
• All country chapters now address religion in the context of society and politics more explicitly.
• All tables, figures, boxes, and maps have been updated for the latest information.

Both students and instructors will appreciate the wealth of online ancillaries that accompany this edition:

• A downloadable, searchable chronology of major events,
• Lists of resources for further study;
• All of the maps, tables, and figures are available for download.

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

• New foreword written by Noha El-Mikay, the Ford Foundation Representative for the Middle East and North Africa 
• NEW Every chapter has been thoroughly revised to cover all of the major changes in the region since the uprisings of 2011.
• NEW The Overview section now contains a chapter on religion, society, and politics in the Middle East that examines the role of both Islam and Judaism.
• NEW Expanded coverage of the role of social movements and activism in the chapter, Actors and Public Opinion.
• Country chapters have been revised to more explicitly address religion, society and politics.
• In light of user feedback, the thematic chapters have been reordered to fit more naturally with teaching progression preferred by most faculty.

FEATURES & BENEFITS: 

• The most even-handed overview of the region; a time-tested and highly respected classroom resource.
• The most comprehensive coverage available of the domestic, regional and international aspects of the region and its countries.
• Richly illustrated with over 120 tables, figures, boxes, and photos
• End of chapter lists of Suggested Readings facilitate further research.

Based on reviewer feedback, other improvements to the text include:

• A reorganization of the thematic chapters in the first part of the book to better reflect how the course is taught, with chapters on Institutions and Governance and the Political Economy of Development in the Middle East preceding the chapter on Social Change in the Middle East.
• The chapter on Actors and Public Opinion now examines the role of social movements and activism in greater detail.
• All country chapters now address religion in the context of society and politics more explicitly.
• All tables, figures, boxes, and maps have been updated for the latest information.

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Foreword by Noha El-Mikay, Ford Foundation Representative, Middle East and North Africa 

PART I. OVERVIEW

1. The Making of the Modern Middle East
     Michael Gasper, Occidental College
2. Social Change in the Middle East
     Valentine Moghadam, Northeastern University and Tabitha Decker, Yale University
3. Institutions and Governance
     Ellen Lust, Yale University
4. The Political Economy of Development in the Middle East
     Melani Cammett, Brown University
5. Religion, Politics, and Society in the Middle East
     Robert Lee, Colorado College and Lihi Ben Shitrit, Yale University
6. Actors, Public Opinions, and Participation
     Amaney Jamal, Princeton University and Lina Khatib, Stanford University
7. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
     Mark Tessler, University of Michigan
8. Regional International Relations
     Marc Lynch, George Washington University
9. International Politics of the Middle East
     Francesco Cavatorta, Dublin City University

PART II. PROFILES

10. Algeria
     Lahouari Addi, Institut d'Études Politiques de Lyon
11. Egypt
     Tarek Masoud, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
12. Iran
     Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Syracuse University
13. Iraq
     Eric Davis, Rutgers University
14. Israel
     Lihi Ben Shitrit, University of Georgia
15. Jordan
     Laurie Brand, University of Southern California
16. Kuwait
     Hesham Al-Awadi, American University of Kuwait
17. Lebanon
     Paul Salem, Carnegie Middle East Center
18. Libya
     Amanda Kadlec, American University of Kuwait
19. Morocco
     Saloua Zerhouni, Mohammed V University and Driss Maghraoui, Al Akhawayn University
20. Palestinian Authority
     Benoit Challand, New York University
21. Persian Gulf States
     Katja Niethammer, Hamburg University
22. Saudi Arabia
     Pascal Menoret, New York University Abu Dhabi
23. Syria
     Raymond Hinnebusch, University of St. Andrews
24. Tunisia
     Jeffrey Coupe, Creative Associates International and Hamadi Redissi, University of Tunis
25. Turkey
     Mine Eder, Bogazici University
26. Yemen
     Sarah Phillips, Centre for International Security Studies, Sydney University

Online resources for students and instructors are available here:

http://college.cqpress.com/middleeast

Both students and instructors will appreciate the new online ancillaries that accompany this edition: a dynamic, interactive chronology of major events, a wealth of key documents, and lists of resources for further study. All of the maps, tables, and figures are available for download as well.

Instructor resources are available here:

http://college.cqpress.com/sites/middleeastir