TY - BOOK AU - Sorenson,David S. TI - Interpreting the Middle East: essential themes SN - 9780813344409 U1 - 956.09 20A PY - 2010/// CY - Boulder PB - Westview Press KW - Middle East KW - Politics and government KW - 21st century KW - Economic conditions KW - Social conditions N1 - Index; Notes bibliogr; 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 ER -