Winter term 2007
Political Science GS POLS 6515 3.0
The Making of the modern Middle East. State, Economy and Society
http://www.yorku.ca/alnaseri/
Prerequisite / Co-requisite: Familiarity with Middle Eastern and North African history, politics and society.
Course Instructor
Professor: Sabah Alnasseri
Office location: Ross S634
E-mail: alnaseri@yorku.ca
Office hours: Tuesdays 10.00-11.30
Telephone: 22552
Time and Location
Tuesdays 11.30-2.30 Class location: 203 Behavioral Science Building
Expanded Course Description
General principles
This is a very comprehensive and challenging graduate seminar about the Making and Re-making of the Middle East. It is laid out at several levels and scopes and takes multiple perspectives. The course will familiarize graduate students with theoretical, historical, and methodological issues that are of relevance to the study of Middle East Politics. Of course, every single issue is worth a course by itself since it reflects in specific form the contradictions of social relations, whether they are of local, national or global relevance. If one takes for illustration the gender problematic so this will mean approaching issues such as gender inequality, the state’s gender specific selectivity, political organisations and women's movements, cultural heritage, social deprivation, the consequences of global capitalism, development programs and the intensive exploitation of women, the problematic of legal rights and civil society etc.
In addition, the methodologies in question are not just given - comparative research, content analyses, statistical data, different techniques of interviews etc. They should be part of the problem rather than considering them as technical devices since they can facilitate or block our appropriation of knowledge.
Hence, the complexity, contradictory nature, and multilayered make-up of the subject - the concepts, above all of the ME, over different histories up to specific topics and current multiple developments - makes a multidisciplinary approach compulsory. We will deal with the topics within the context of various disciplines: approaches ranging from comparative politics and International Relations to (international) political economy, political thought, cultural studies and discourse analysis.
The richness of these multiple perspectives will enable students to overcome simplifications and the reductionism which are mostly inherent in the study, research and teaching of politics in such a globally important space.
We will form working groups, who will discuss, work on and present the topics weekly. Of course I am available to discuss the topics as well as technical and organizational matters with the respective groups.
This not only makes the work easier and more productive; rather one doesn't experience the work as burden but as challenge.
The course should not be experienced as a must even if institutional compulsions are in the background.
The available material is extensive. It is unrealistic to expect that it could be appropriated in depth and breadth within the course time. But it makes sense to refer to this material because it takes the complexity of the subject seriously.
Course aims:
These general considerations are connected with at least three major aims of the course:
1. quantitative: the readings shall provide an introduction and a survey of the subject without losing track. Furthermore the bibliography shall serve as raw material for further major works.
2. qualitative: the literature should be subjected to a reflected critical reading and questioning in order to disclose alternative analyses, methods and prospects.
3. subjective: at the end of the course every participant should be able to crystallize his/her specific topics and her/his area of interests.
He/she can only achieve this aim through sufficient knowledge about the topic.
To accomplish this we will proceed collectively.
Course method and assignment:
Hence we will approach the subject from different prospects, at multiple levels, and in different scopes.
We will organize the work in several layers and steps. First, we will subdivide every meeting into general topics. Second, three groups will be formed.
Thirdly, every group will work on one part of the compulsory and recommended literature.
Fourthly, every member represents her/ his part of the work. In the first layer we will then collect, discuss and define the main thesis and arguments.
In the second layer every member puts forward problems, questions of understanding, remarks etc., which we will discuss collectively.
Every member articulates on the third layer his/her criticism, discomfort over the texts, suggests alternative texts etc. Every participant should write 2 pages a week, for each group the sum up is then 10 single space pages with 1, 25 margins on all sides a week.
In the last step we will sum up the major arguments, theses and problems together.
At the end of the course a take home work (essay of approx. 15p.) will be distributed. The same technical norms for the pages are valid here. You can choose any topic you want, but you have to talk to me first.
Though this method has also the function of control, it has nevertheless at least two advantages: a relatively objective basis for the judgement and assessment of the work of every participant. In this manner his/her grades become comprehensible and not least contestable.
On the other hand, it promotes an individual and collective work practice simultaneously.
Abbreviation:
BOR: Books on reserve
CK: Course Kit
OB: Order through the bookstore
Evaluation
Participation: 10%
Presentation: 20%
Team work: 20%
Individual work: 20%
Essay: 30%
Assignment Submission and Lateness Penalties
Assignment Submission: Proper academic performance depends on students doing their work not only well, but on time. Accordingly, assignments for this course must be received on the due date specified for the assignment. Assignments are to be handed in class at the weekly assigned dates, or else during the office hours immediately before the class.
Note: the department drop box is only to be used for late papers.
Lateness Penalty: Assignments received later than the due date will be penalized as follow: one-half letter grade (1 grade point) per day of the total assignment grade will be taken out for the first 3 days. Afterwards, the assignment will only be graded at a 50% rate until 2 weeks past its due time. Past that date, the assignment will not be graded.
Exceptions to the lateness penalty for valid reasons such as illness, compassionate grounds, etc., may be entertained by the Course Instructor but will require supporting documentation (e.g., a doctor’s letter).
IMPORTANT COURSE INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS
All students are expected to familiarize themselves with the following information, available on the Senate Committee on Curriculum & Academic Standards webpage (see Reports, Initiatives, Documents) - http://www.yorku.ca/secretariat/senate_cte_main_pages/ccas.htm
York’s Academic Honesty Policy and Procedures/Academic Integrity Website
Ethics Review Process for research involving human participants
Course requirement accommodation for students with disabilities, including physical, medical, systemic, learning and psychiatric disabilities
Student Conduct Standards
Religious Observance Accommodation
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Weekly Required Readings
Week of Jan 9 – Introduction. No reading
Week of Jan 16 – Part I: Histories and realities of the Making
Class
Readings:
Compulsory:
Beinin, Joel 2002: late capitalism and the reformation of the working classes in the Middle East, in: Gershoni, Israel/Erdem, Hakan/Woköck, Ursula (ed.), Histories of the modern Middle East, London, ISBN: 1-58826-049-6, pp. 113-133, BOR.
Hopkins, Nicholas 1988: Class and the state in rural arab communities, in: Dawisha, Adees/Zartman, I. William, 1988: Beyond coercion. The durability of the arab state, London, ISBN: 0-7099-4149-8., pp. 239-259, BOR
Kandil, Magda 1999: Toward a theory of international labor migration, In: Tessler, Mark (ed.) 1999: Area studies and social science: strategies for understanding Middle East politics, Bloomington, ISBN: 0-253-21282-0, pp. 81-101, BOR
Recommended:
Beinin, Joel/Lockman, Zachary 1988: Workers on the Nile, London, ISBN: 1-85043-076-4, BOR.
Batatu, Hanna, 2004: The Old Social Classes & the Revolutionary Movement in Iraq, Saqi Books, ISBN: 0863565204, BOR
Beinin, Joel 2001: Workers and Peasants in the Modern Middle East, Cambridge, ISBN: 0-521-62903-9, BOR
Drori, Israel 2000: The seam line: Arab workers and Jewish managers in the Israeli textile industry, California, ISBN: 0-8047-3787-8, BOR
Jan 18: Last date to enroll without the permission of the course director.
Week of Jan 23 – Gender
Readings:
Compulsory:
Kandiyoti Deniz (ed.) 1991: Introduction, in: Kandiyoti (ed.), Women, Islam and the State, Philadelphia, ISBN: 0-87722-786-1, pp. 1-21; Ch. 2 Turkey; Ch. 3 Iran; Ch. 7 Iraq and Lebanon; Ch. 8 Egypt; Ch. 9 Yemen, OB
Kandiyoti, Deniz 1997: Women, Islam, and the state, in: Beinin, Joel/Stork, Joe (ed.), 1997: Political Islam. Essays from Middle East Report, London, ISBN: 1 86064 098 2, pp. 185-193, OB
Emmett, Ayala H., 1996: Our Sisters' Promised Land: Women, Politics, and Israeli-Palestinian Coexistence, University of Michigan Press , ISBN: 047210733X, BOR
Suha Sabbagh (ed.), 1996: Arab Women between defiance and restraint, New York, ISBN: 156656199X 1566561876, BOR
Doumato, Eleanor Abdella/Posusney, Marsha Pripstein (ed.) 2003: Women and globalization in the Arab Middle East. Gender, economy and society, London, ISBN: 1-58826-134-4, BOR
Doumani, Beshara (ed.), 2003: Family History in the Middle East, New York, ISBN: 0-7914-5680-3, Part I: Family and household, PII: gender and property, PIII: Family and Islamic law, PIV: Family as a discourse, BOR
Recommended:
Parvin, Paydar, 1995: Women and the Political Process in Twentieth Century Iran. Cambridge, ISBN: 052159572X, BOR
Najmabadi, Afsaneh 2002: The gender of modernity, in: Gershoni, Israel/Erdem, Hakan/Woköck, Ursula (ed.), Histories of the modern Middle East, London, ISBN: 1-58826-049-6, pp. 75-91, BOR
Al-Sayyid-Marsot, Afaf Lutfi, 1989: Women and social change, in: Sabagh, Georges (ed.), The modern economic and social history of the Middle East in its world context, New York, ISBN: 0 521 37351 4, pp. 112-129, BOR
Badra, Margot 1992: From consciousness to activism: Feminist politics in early twentieth century Egypt, in: Spagnolo, John P. (ed.), Problems of the modern Middle East in historical perspective, Oxford, ISBN: 0-86372-164-8, pp. 27-48, BOR
Fawaz, Leila 1992: Women and conflict in Lebanon, in: Spagnolo, John P. (ed.), Problems of the modern Middle East in historical perspective, Oxford, ISBN: 0-86372-164-8, pp. 63-77, BOR
Hammami, Rema 1997: From immodesty to collaboration: Hamas, the women’s movement, and national identity in the Intifada, in: Beinin, Joel/Stork, Joe (ed.), 1997: Political Islam. Essays from Middle East Report, London, ISBN: 1 86064 098 2, pp. 194-210, OB
Slymovics, Susan 1997: “Hassiba Ben Bouali, if you could see our Algeria”: Women and public space in Algeria, in: Beinin, Joel/Stork, Joe (ed.), 1997: Political Islam. Essays from Middle East Report, London, ISBN: 1 86064 098 2, pp. 211-219, OB
Hoodfar, Homa 1997: Devices and desires: Population policy and gender roles in the Islamic Republic, in: Beinin, Joel/Stork, Joe (ed.), 1997: Political Islam. Essays from Middle East Report, London, ISBN: 1 86064 098 2, pp. 220-233, OB
Hale. Sondra 1997: The women of Sudan’s National Islamic Front, in: Beinin, Joel/Stork, Joe (ed.), 1997: Political Islam. Essays from Middle East Report, London, ISBN: 1 86064 098 2, pp. 234-249, OB
Ahmed, Leila 1992: Women and Gender in Islam, Yale, ISBN: 0300055838, BOR
Badran, Margot 1995: Feminists, Islam and Nation, Princeton, ISBN: 0-691-02605-X, BOR
Zuhur Sherifa, 1992. Revealing Reveiling: Islamist Gender Ideology in Contemporary Egypt, ISBN: 0791409279, New York, BOR
Bodman, Herbert and Nayereh Tohidi.(eds.)Women in Muslim Societies. (London:Boulder:1998). ISBN: 1-55587-578-5, BOR
Meriwether Margaret and Judith Tucker (eds.) Social History of Women and Gender in the Modern Middle East, (Boulder, 1999), ISBN: 0813321018, BOR
Afshar Haleh Islam and Feminisms: An Iranian Case-Study. (1998), Basingstoke, ISBN 03337332X, BOR
Abu-Lughod Lila (ed) 1998: Remaking Women: Feminism and Modernity in the Middle East.(Princton University Press:1998), ISBN: 0-691-05792-3, BOR
Reina, Lewis, 1996: Gendering orientalism: race, femininity and representation, London,
ISBN: 0-415-12490-5, BOR
Hiltermann, Joost R., 1993: Behind the Intifada: Labor and Women's Movements in the Occupied Territories, Princeton, ISBN: 0-691-02480-4, BOR
Important Dates:
Jan 26: Last date to enroll with the permission of the course director.
Week of Jan 30 – Imperialism and colonialism
Readings:
Hansen, Bent 1989: Capital and lopsides development in Egypt under British occupation, in: Sabagh, Georges (ed.), 1989: The modern economic and social history of the Middle East in its world context, New York, ISBN: 0 521 37351 4, pp. 66-88, BOR
Mitchell, Timothy, 1991: Colonising Egypt, Berkeley, ISBN: 0520075684, Ch.2: Enframing
Kingston, Paul W. T. 1996: Britain and the politics of modernization in the Middle East, 1945-1958, Cambridge, ISBN: 0-521-56346-1, BOR
Kedourie, Elie 1987: England and the Middle East. The destruction of the Ottoman Empire 1914-1921, Boulder, ISBN: 0-7201-1882-4, BOR
Recommended:
Mitchell, Timothy, 2002: Rule of Experts: Egypt, Techno-Politics, Modernity, Berkeley; Univ. of California Pr.,ISBN: 0520232623, BOR
Kedourie, Elie 2004: The Chatham House Version, Chicago, ISBN: 1-56663-561-6
Adelson, Roger 1995: London and the Invention of the Middle East, New Haven, ISBN: 0-300-06094-7, BOR
Owen, Roger 2002: From liberalism to liberal imperialism, in: Gershoni, Israel/Erdem, Hakan/Woköck, Ursula (ed.), Histories of the modern Middle East, London, ISBN: 1-58826-049-6, pp. 95-112, BOR
Important Dates:
Week of Feb 6 – Nationalism and other grand ideologies
Readings:
Compulsory:
Dawisha, Adees 2003: Arab nationalism, New Jersey, ISBN: 0-691-10273-2., Ch. 1 Defining arab nationalism, ch. 3 Sati’ al-Husri’s Theory of Arab Nationalism, BOR
Khalidi, Rashid/Anderson, Lisa/Muslih, Muhammad/Simon, Reeva S. (ed.), 1991: The origins of Arab nationalism, New York, ISBN: 0-231-07434-4, Ch. 1 The origins of Arab nationalism (C. Ernst Dawn), Ch. 2 The young Turks and the Arabs before the revolution 1908 (M. Sükrü Hanioglu), CK
Recommended:
Alnasrawi, Abbas, 1991. Arab Nationalism, Oil, and the political economy of dependency, New York, ISBN: 0-313-27610-2, Ch. 1, BOR
Farah, Tawic (ed.)1987: Pan-Arabism and Arab Nationalism, ISBN: 0-8133-0377-X, BOR
Kamrava, Mehran 2005: The Modern Middle East, Berkeley, ISBN: 0-520-24150-9, pp. 72-83 (Zionism), OB
Avineri, Shlomo 1981: The making of modern Zionism, New York, ISBN: 978-0465043286, BOR
Important Dates:
Week of Feb 13 – Part II: Politics, Polity and Policy
The making of nation-state and national bourgeoisies I
Readings:
Compulsory:
Zubaida, Sami 1993: Islam, the people and the state, London, ISBN: 1-85043-734-3, Ch.
6, OB
Owen, Roger 2004: State, Power and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East, Chapter 1, OB
Halliday, Fred 2005, The Middle East in International Relations: Power, Politics and
Ideology, Cambridge, ISBN-10: 0521592402, Ch. 3, OB
Kamrava, Mehran 2005: The modern Middle East, Berkeley, pp. 283-316, OB
Recommended:
Keyder, Caglar 1987: State and Class in Turkey, London Verso, ISBN: 0860918777, BOR
Fred Halliday and Hamza Alavi (eds) 1988: State and Ideology in the Middle East and
Pakistan, New York, Monthly Review Press, 1988, ISBN: 0853457344, BOR
Adees/Zartman, I. William, 1988: Beyond coercion. The durability of the arab state, London, ISBN: 0-7099-4149-8., pp. 260-275, BOR
Zubaida, Sami 1997a: Is Iran an islamic state?, in: Beinin, Joel/Stork, Joe (ed.), 1997: Political Islam. Essays from Middle East Report, London, ISBN: 1 86064 098 2, pp. 103-119, OB
Korany, Bahgat 1987: Alien and beseiged set here to stay: the contradictions of the arab
territorial state, in: Salame, Ghassan (ed.), 1987, The foundations of the arab state,
London, ISBN: 0-7099-4143-9, pp. 47-74, BOR
Harik Iliya 1987: The origins of arab state system in: Salame, Ghassan (ed.), 1987, The foundations of the arab state, London, ISBN: 0-7099-4143-9, pp. 19-46, BOR
Important Dates:
Week of Feb 12 – 16: Reading Week. (No classes.)
Week of Feb 20 – State II
Readings:
Compulsory:
Hazem Beblawi, "The Rentier State in the Arab World," in: Hazem Beblawi and Giacomo Luciani, eds., The Rentier State, 49-62, BOR
Ayubi, Nazih, 1995: Over-Stating the Arab State: Politics and Society in the Middle East, New York, ISBN: 1 85043 827 7, Chapter 1 (The Middle East and the stae debate) 1-37, BOR
Hinnebusch, Raymond A. 2003, The international politics of the Middle East, Manchester. ISBN: 0719053463, CH. 4, OB
Recommended:
Beblawi, Hazem 1987: The rentier state in the arab world, in: Hazem Beblawi and Giacomo Luciani, eds., 1987, The Rentier State, London, ISBN: 0-7099-4144-7., pp. 49-62, BOR
Luciani, Giacomo 1987: Allocation vs. Production states, in: Hazem Beblawi and Giacomo Luciani, eds., 1987, The Rentier State, London, ISBN: 0-7099-4144-7., pp. 63-82, BOR
Joffe’, George H. 1997: Disputes over state boundaries in the Middle East and North
Africa, in: Guazzone, Laura (ed.), The Middle East in global change, London, ISBN: 0-
333-67079-5, pp. 58-94, BOR
Kemal Karpat, "The Ottoman Ethnic and Confessional Legacy in the Middle East," in Milton Esman and Itamar Rabinovich, eds., 1988, Ethnicity, Pluralism and the State in the Middle East, Cornell Univ. ISBN: 0801420016 35-53, CK
Salame’, Ghassan (ed.) 1987: The foundations of the arab state, London, ISBN: 0-7099-4143-9, BOR
Important Dates:
Week of Feb 27 – Political Regimes
Readings:
Compulsory:
Kamrava, Mehran 2005: The modern Middle East, Berkeley, 317-330, OB
Hinnebusch, Raymond A. 1988: Political parties in the arab state, in: Dawisha/Zartman (ed.), pp. 35-60, BOR
Zartman, William 1988: Opposition as support of the state, in: Dawisha, Adees/Zartman, I. William, 1988: Beyond coercion. The durability of the arab state, London, ISBN: 0-7099-4149-8., pp. 61-87, BOR
Recommended:
Long, David E./Reich, Bernhard (ed.) 2002: The government and politics of the Middle East and North Africa, Boulder, ISBN: 0-8133-3972-3, BOR
Tachau, Frank (ed.) 1994: Political parties of the Middle East and North Africa, ISBN: 0-313-26649-2, BOR
Dawisha, Adeed 1988: Arab regimes: Legitimacy and foreign policy, in: Dawisha, Adees/Zartman, I. William, 1988: Beyond coercion. The durability of the arab state, London, ISBN: 0-7099-4149-8., pp. 260-275, BOR
Important Dates:
Mar 2: At least 15% of grade must be released to students
Week of Mar 6 – Political Thought
Readings:
Compulsory:
Hourani, Albert 1983: Arabic thought in the liberal age 1798-1939, Cambridge, ISBN 0521274230, BOR
Ahmad, Zaid 2005: Ibn Khaldün’s approach in civilisational studies, in: Campanini, Massimo (ed.), 2005: Sudies on Ibn Khaldün, Milano, ISBN: 88-7699-017-8., pp. 101-122, CK
Jadaane, Fahmi 1987: Notions of the state in contemporary arab-islamic writings, in: Salame, Ghassan (ed.), 1987, The foundations of the arab state, London, ISBN: 0-7099-4143-9, pp. 112-148, BOR
Recommended:
Bensaid, Said 1987: Al-watan and al-umma in contemporary arab used, in: Salame, Ghassan (ed.), 1987, The foundations of the arab state, London, ISBN: 0-7099-4143-9, pp. 149-174, BOR
Salame, Ghassan 1987: ‘Strong’ and ‘Weak’ states, a qualified return to the Muqaddimah, in: Salame, Ghassan (ed.), 1987, The foundations of the arab state, London, ISBN: 0-7099-4143-9 , pp. 205-240, BOR
Butterworth, Charles E. 1987: State and authority in arabic political thought, in: Salame, Ghassan (ed.), 1987, The foundations of the arab state, London, ISBN: 0-7099-4143-9, pp. 91-111, BOR
Important Dates:
Mar 9: Last day to drop winter courses without receiving a final grade.
Week of Mar 13 – International Politics, Diplomacy and Foreign Policy:
Readings:
Compulsory:
Louise Fawcett (ed) 2004: International Relations of the Middle East, Introduction, pages 1-13. , ISBN: 0199269637, 2004, Oxford, OB
Raymond Hinnebusch, “The Politics of Identity in Middle East International Relations” in Louise Fawcett (ed) International Relations of the Middle East, pages 151-171, OB
Hinnebusch, Raymond A. 2003, The international politics of the Middle East, Manchester. ISBN: 0719053463, Introduction; Ch. 1&2 (International Politics); Ch. 5&6 (Foreign Policy), OB
Raymond Hinnebusch/Anoushiravan Ehteshami (ed.), 2002: The foreign policies of Middle East states, Boulder. ISBN: 1588260208, Ch. 1, 2 &3; Case studies Ch. 5-14, OB
Fred Halliday, 2005, The Middle East in International Relations: Power, Politics and
Ideology, Cambridge, ISBN-10: 0521592402, Introduction; Ch. 2&3 Concepts; OB
Eugene L. Rogan, “The Emergence of the Middle East into the Modern State System” in
Louise Fawcett (ed) International Relations of the Middle East, pages 17-39, OB
Volbjorn, Morten 2004: “Culture blind and culture blindes”: Images of the Middle Eastrn conflicts in International Relations, in: Jung, Dietrich (ed.), The Middle East and Palestine: Global politics and regional conflict, Hampshire, ISBN: 1-4039-6414-9, pp. 39-78, CK
Recommended:
Michael C. Hudson (ed) 1998: Middle East Dilemma: The Politics and Economics of Arab Integration, New York, Columbia University Press, 1998, Chapter 1, “Arab Integration: An Overview”, ISBN: 0231111398, BOR
Brown, L. Carl 1984: International Politics and the Middle East, Princeton, Princeton
University Press, 1984, ISBN: 1850430004, pages 3-18, BOR
Hadar, Leon 2005: Sandstorm: policy failure in the Middle East, ISBN: 1-4039-6724-5, BOR
Ahmed Gomaa, 1977, The Foundation of the League of Arab States., Longman, ISBN: 058278073X, BOR
Korany, Bahgat 1991: The foreign policies of Arab states : the challenge of change, in: Bahgat Korany and Ali E. Hillal Dessouki [et al.], Boulder 1991. ISBN: 0813308747, BOR
Important Dates:
Week of Mar 20 – Part III: Capital in the making
Political Economy
Readings:
Compulsory:
Luxemburg, Rosa 1931: Accumulation of Capital, Ch. 30: http://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/1913/accumulation-capital/ch30.htm
Owen, Roger and Pamuk, Sevket. 1998, A History of the Middle East Economies in the Twentieth Century. London: I.B. Tauris, ISBN: 1860642764, Ch. 3 & Epilogue, OB
Nitzan, Jonathan/Bichler, Shimshom 2002: The global political economy of Israel, London, Ch. 5: http://bnarchives.yorku.ca/8/
Kamrava, Mehran 2005: The modern Middle East, Berkeley, Ch. 8, OB
Makdisi, Samir 1988: Economic interdependence and national sovereignty, in: Luciani, Giacomo/Salame’, Ghassan (ed.), 1988: The politics of arab integration, London, ISBN: 0-7099-4148-X, pp. 111-140, BOR
Giacomo Luciani, “Oil and Political Economy of the Middle East”, in Louise Fawcett (ed), 2005, International Relations of the Middle East, New York, ISBN: 0199269637, pp. 105-129, OB
Waterbury, John 1992: The heart of the matter?, in: Haggard, Stephen/Kaufman Robert R. 1992: The politics of economci adjustment, New Jersey, ISBN: 0-691-00394-7, pp. 182-217, CK
Recommended:
Medani, Khalid 1997: Funding Fundamentalism: The political economy of an islamic state, in: Beinin, Joel/Stork, Joe (ed.), 1997: Political Islam. Essays from Middle East Report, London, ISBN: 1 86064 098 2, pp. 166-177, OB
Issawi, Charles: The Middle East Economy: Decline and Recovery, Chapter 1, “The Modern Middle East in the World Context: An Historical View”, Markus Wiener Pub., ISBN: 1-55876-102-0, BOR
Drori, Israel 2000: The seam line: Arab workers and Jewish managers in the Israeli textile industry, California, ISBN: 0-8047-3787-8, BOR
Alnasrawi, Abbas, 1991. Arab Nationalism, Oil, and the political economy of dependency, New York, ISBN: 0-313-27610-2, BOR
Shafik, Nemat (ed.) 1998: Prospects for Middle Eastern and North African economies, ISBN: 0-312-17633-3, BOR
Handoussa, Heba (ed.) 1997: Economic transition in the Middle East. Global challenges and adjustment strategies, Cairo, ISBN: 977 424 428 1, BOR
Chaudhry, Kiren Aziz1997: The price of wealth. Economies and institutions in the Middle East, London, ISBN: 0-8014-3164-6, BOR
Shafik, Nemat (ed.) 1998: Economic challenges facing Middle Eastern and Noth African conutries, London, ISBN: 0-333-71399-0, BOR
Ayubi, Nazih N. (ed.) 1995: Distant neighbours. The political economy of relations between Europe and the Middle East/North Africa, Reading, ISBN: 0 86372 181 3, BOR
Katouzian, Homa 1989: Oil and economic development in the Middle East, in: Sabagh, Georges (ed.), 1989: The modern economic and social history of the Middle East in its world context, New York, ISBN: 0 521 37351 4, pp. 44-65, BOR
Ayubi, Nazih 1991: Political Islam, London, ISBN: 0-415-10385-1, Ch. 8 (islamic banks), BOR
Important Dates:
Week of Mar 27 – Anything new under the sun? Prospects for (what?) democracy and just society
Readings:
Compulsory:
Kamrava, Mehran 2005: The modern Middle East, Berkeley, Ch. 10, OB
Sadowski, Yahya 1997: The New Orientalism and the democracy debatte, in: Beinin, Joel/Stork, Joe (ed.), 1997: Political Islam. Essays from Middle East Report, London, ISBN: 1 86064 098 2, pp. 33-50, OB
Zubaida, Sami 1997: Religion, the state, and democracy: contrasting conceptions of society in Egypt, in: Beinin, Joel/Stork, Joe (ed.), 1997: Political Islam. Essays from Middle East Report, London, ISBN: 1 86064 098 2, pp. 51-63, OB
Joseph, Suad 1997: Gender and civil society, in: Beinin, Joel/Stork, Joe (ed.), 1997: Political Islam. Essays from Middle East Report, London, ISBN: 1 86064 098 2, pp. 64-70, OB
Norton, Augustus R. 1999: Associational Life: Civil society in Authoritarian Political Systems, In: Tessler, Mark (ed.): Area studies and social science: strategies for understanding Middle East politics, Bloomington, ISBN: 0-253-21282-0, BOR
Recommended:
Denoeux, Guilian 1993: Urban unrest in the Middle East. A comparative study of informal networks in Egypt, Iran, and Lebanon, New York, ISBN: 0-7914-1524-4, BOR
Luciani, Giacomo 1994: "The Oil Rent, the Fiscal Crisis of the State and Democratization", in Ghassan Salamé, Democracy Without Democrats? The Renewal of Politics in the Muslim World, 130-155, BOR
Owen, Roger 1994: Socio-economic change and political mobilization, in: Salame, Ghasan (ed., 1994: Democracy without democrats?, London, ISBN: 1-85043-748-3,, pp.183-199, BOR
Wickham, Carrie R. 1997: Islamic mobilization and political change: The islamic trend in Egypt’s professional associations, in: Beinin, Joel/Stork, Joe (ed.), 1997: Political Islam. Essays from Middle East Report, London, ISBN: 1 86064 098 2, pp. 120-135, OB
Margulies, Ronnie/Yildizoglu, Ergin 1997: The resurgence of Islam and the Welfare Party in Turkey, in: Beinin, Joel/Stork, Joe (ed.), 1997: Political Islam. Essays from Middle East Report, London, ISBN: 1 86064 098 2, pp. 144-153, OB
Rex Brynen, Baghat Korany and Paul Noble, Political Liberalization and Democratization in the Arab World, Boulder, ISBN 1-55587-579-3, BOR
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Important Dates:
Week of Apr 03–
Take home essay
Important Dates:
Apr 3: Classes end.
Apr 11: Last day to submit Winter term course work.