TY - BOOK AU - Mason,Robert TI - New perspectives on Middle East politics: economy, society, and international relations SN - 9781617979903 AV - DS63.123 .N49 2021 U1 - 320.956 23 PY - 2021/// CY - Cairo, New York PB - The American University in Cairo Press KW - Middle East KW - Politics and government KW - 21st century KW - Economic conditions KW - Foreign relations N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Political Economy in the Middle East : The Cases of Demography and Youth / Robert Mason and Seif Hendy -- Comparative Civil-Military Relations in the Middle East / Robert Mason and Dina Arakji -- Soft Power and Geopolitical Competition in the Modern Middle East / Simon Mabon and Eyad AlRefai -- The Regionalization and Internationalization of Conflict / Robert Mason and Neil Partrick -- The Middle-oil Country Curse of the Middle East / Ishac Diwan -- The Fall and Rise of Extra-regional Actors / Robert Mason and Philipp Casula -- Environmental Politics in the Middle East / Robert Mason and Mohamed Abdelraouf -- The Israel-Palestine Conflict as a Shaping Factor in Regional Politics / Robert Mason N2 - "This compelling volume examines important and cross-cutting themes in the study of contemporary Middle East and North African politics and international relations. Drawing together contributions from scholars based within the region and beyond, it weaves together essential interdisciplinary, conceptually rich, and forward-looking content. Chapters cover population and youth, civil-military relations, soft power and geopolitical competition, regionalization and internationalization of conflict, the role of oil in reconstruction efforts, extra-regional actors, environmental politics, and specifically, the Israel-Palestine conflict. Students are supported with an extended and innovative glossary, including key concepts, actors and abbreviations. New Perspectives on Middle East Politics serves as an ideal primer and companion volume for scholars of Middle East Studies, as well as for policy professionals, journalists and the general reader engaging and re-engaging with the region."-- ER -