Middle East Studies - Politics - brochure 2018

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Middle East Studies Politics

How Violence Shapes Religion

Realism and Democracy

Jihadi Culture

Belief and Conflict in the Middle East and Africa Ziya Meral

American Foreign Policy after the Arab Spring Elliott Abrams

Religion and violence are intrinsic to the human story. By tracing their roots in human experience, Meral reveals that it is violence that shapes religion.

This book makes a realpolitik argument for supporting democracy in the Arab world, drawing on four decades of policy experience.

August 2018 228 x 152 mm c.272pp 978-1-108-45285-4 Paperback c. £20.99 / c. US$26.99

October 2017 228 x 152 mm 310pp 978-1-108-41562-0 Hardback £19.99 / US$24.99

Salafism in Lebanon

Women and Gender in Iraq

Islam and Law in Lebanon

Local and Transnational Movements Zoltan Pall

Between Nation-Building and Fragmentation Zahra Ali

Sharia within and without the State Morgan Clarke

Examines the entrenchment of Salafism in Lebanese society while also highlighting the movement’s transnational links to the Persian Gulf.

Highlighting Iraqi women’s voices, this is an examination of women, gender and feminisms in Iraq in the wake of the 2003 US-led invasion.

A dynamic account of the sharia in Lebanon as both state law and as personal ethics.

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April 2018 228 x 152 mm 264pp 978-1-108-42688-6 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99

August 2018 228 x 152 mm 336pp 21 b/w illus. 3 maps 978-1-316-64162-0 Paperback £21.99 / US$29.99

The Art and Social Practices of Militant Islamists Thomas Hegghammer

This book studies the art forms and social practices that make up much of the daily life of jihadi culture.

June 2017 228 x 152 mm 284pp 978-1-107-61456-7 Paperback £22.99 / US$28.99

The Rule of Violence Subjectivity, Memory and Government in Syria Salwa Ismail

Provides an original analysis of the routine and spectacular forms of violence deployed by the Asad regime in Syria over the last four decades.

Cambridge Middle East Studies, 50 July 2018 228 x 152 mm 280pp 978-1-107-69860-4 Paperback £19.99 / US$27.99

June 2018 228 x 152 mm 350pp 978-1-107-18631-6 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99

Salafism in Jordan Political Islam in a Quietist Community Joas Wagemakers

Salafism in Jordan debunks stereotypes and presents the diversity of Salafism on a range of political and ideological issues.

September 2016 228 x 152 mm 314pp 978-1-107-16366-9 Hardback £64.99 / US$99.99

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Women and the Egyptian Revolution

Women and Social Change in North Africa

Engagement and Activism during the 2011 Arab Uprisings Nermin Allam

What Counts as Revolutionary?

Doris H. Gray Nadia Sonneveld

An examination of women’s political participation and engagement during and after the 2011 uprising in Egypt.

A wide-ranging analysis of grassroots activism, migration, legal, political and religious changes as basis for social transformation.

December 2017 228 x 138 mm 230pp 978-1-108-43443-0 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99

January 2018 228 x 152 mm 414pp 978-1-108-41950-5 Hardback £90.00 / US$120.00

Regulating Islam

Bedouins into Bourgeois

Bureaucratizing Islam

Remaking Citizens for Globalization Calvert W. Jones

Morocco and the War on Terror Ann Marie Wainscott

An examination of how state-led social engineering in the United Arab Emirates is reshaping citizens for globalization and a postpetroleum future.

This book analyzes Morocco’s unique response to counterterrorism through the development of a religious bureaucracy to define and disseminate Islam.

Religion and the State in Contemporary Morocco and Tunisia Sarah J. Feuer

Through a comparative study of Morocco and Tunisia, Feuer proposes a compelling theory accounting for complexities in religion-state relations across the Arab world.

December 2017 228 x 152 mm 238pp 7 b/w illus. 4 tables 978-1-108-42020-4 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99

June 2017 228 x 152 mm 262pp 15 b/w illus.

978-1-107-17572-3 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99

Egypt in a Time of Revolution Contentious Politics and the Arab Spring Neil Ketchley

This book provides the first systematic account of the Egyptian Revolution in 2011 and its aftermath using a contentious politics framework.

Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics

Hasan al-Turabi Islamist Politics and Democracy in Sudan W. J. Berridge

A comprehensive study of the life and political thought of Sudanese Islamist scholar and politician Hasan al-Turabi.

August 2017 228 x 152 mm 362pp 978-1-107-18099-4 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99

April 2017 228 x 152 mm 218pp 30 b/w illus. 3 tables 978-1-316-63622-0 Paperback £23.99 / US$29.99

September 2017 228 x 152 mm 282pp 3 b/w illus. 13 tables 978-1-316-51049-0 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99

Youth Activism and Contentious Politics in Egypt Dynamics of Continuity and Change Nadine Sika

This book studies the role of youth movements in the Arab uprisings of 2010 and 2011, and the regime’s responses to these movements.

August 2017 228 x 152 mm 176pp 9 tables 978-1-108-41880-5 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99

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Middle East Studies Politics

Montazeri The Life and Thought of Iran’s Revolutionary Ayatollah Sussan Siavoshi

This book looks at the historical context and political philosophy of the Grand Ayatollah Montazeri, a key figure in the Iranian revolution of 1978–9.

July 2017 228 x 152 mm 318pp 7 b/w illus.

978-1-316-50946-3 Paperback £23.99 / US$29.99

Ethics as a Weapon of War Militarism and Morality in Israel James Eastwood

This book examines theories of morality and ethics in war through a comprehensive study of the Israel Defence Forces.

September 2017 228 x 152 mm 298pp 3 b/w illus. 1 table 978-1-108-41523-1 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99

Both Eastern and Western An Intellectual History of Iranian Modernity Afshin Matin-Asgari

Studying intellectual trends in Iran in a global historical context, this new intellectual history challenges many dominant paradigms in Iranian historiography.

June 2018 228 x 152 mm c.320pp 978-1-108-44997-7 Paperback £23.99 / US$32.99

Psycho-nationalism Global Thought, Iranian Imaginations Arshin Adib-Moghaddam

Psycho-nationalism explores the psychological and political roots of national identity and how these are often utilised by governments.

The Global Middle East December 2017 228 x 152 mm 176pp 978-1-108-43570-3 Paperback £19.99 / US$24.99

Transnationalism in Iranian Political Thought The Life and Times of Ahmad Fardid Ali Mirsepassi

A study of the life and thought of the Iranian philosopher Ahmad Fardid and the development of political philosophy in post-revolutionary Iran.

The Global Middle East, 1 February 2017 228 x 152 mm 408pp 978-1-316-63647-3 Paperback £19.99 / US$27.99

Life after Ruin

Facing Barriers

Islam in Israel

The Struggles over Israel’s Depopulated Arab Spaces Noam Leshem

Palestinian Women in a Jewish-Dominated Labor Market Vered Kraus Yuval P. Yonay

Muslim Communities in Non-Muslim States Muhammad Al-Atawneh Nohad Ali

Noam Leshem examines the radical transformation of Arab landscapes seized by Israel in the 1948 war.

Cambridge Middle East Studies, 48 October 2016 228 x 152 mm 252pp 12 b/w illus.

978-1-107-14947-2 Hardback £64.99 / US$99.99

Analyzes the labor experience of Israeli Palestinian women, arguing that state policies and widespread discrimination hinder their labor force participation and success.

March 2018 228 x 152 mm 298pp 74 b/w illus.

978-1-316-51047-6 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99

This unique window into Muslim identities provides scholars and students with important up-to-date data about real Muslims living in Israel.

January 2018 228 x 152 mm 210pp 4 b/w illus. 124 tables 978-1-108-42326-7 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99

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