The Political Science of the Middle East by Marc Lynch, Jilli... - 9780197640050

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The Political Science of the Middle EastTheory and Research Since the Arab Uprisings\nAuthor(s): Marc Lynch, Jillian Schwedler, Sean Yom\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Oxford University Press Inc, United States\nImprint: Oxford University Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9780197640050, 978-0197640050\nSynopsis\nA definitive overview of what political scientists are working on within the Middle East and North Africa.\n\nThe Arab Uprisings of [tel] catalyzed a new wave of rigorous, deeply informed research on the politics of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). In The Political Science of the Middle East, Marc Lynch, Jillian Schwedler, and Sean Yom present the definitive overview of this pathbreaking turn. This is a monumental stocktaking organized around a singular theme: new theorizing from the MENA has advanced the frontiers of comparative politics and international relations, and the close-range study of the region occupies a core place in mainstream political science. Its dozen chapters co.