The Role of the US-led Coalition and Consociationalism
This book contributes to understanding the political developments in Iraq between 2003 and 2014, through the lens of consociationalism, and contributes to understanding of why the Iraqi institutions, which were intended by the U.S. to have a broadly consociational character, have not looked and worked in that manner in practice.
How have Iran's political institutions evolved since the revolution? This book is first a study of the structure of Iran's political institutions, of their composition and function in theory; and second an analysis of their evolution in practice over the first forty years of the Islamic Republic regime.
How have Iran's political institutions evolved since the revolution? This book is first a study of the structure of Iran's political institutions, of their composition and function in theory; and second an analysis of their evolution in practice over the first forty years of the Islamic Republic regime.
Popular Culture and Foreign Policy: The Case of Turkey and the Valley of the Wolves: Ambush analyzes Turkish Foreign Policy from an interdisciplinary perspective. It seeks to understand and discuss how foreign policy discourses can be reproduced by a popular television series and consequently produce consent for certain foreign policies.
Political Graffiti and Global Human Rights: Take Another Look examines the role of political graffiti in the public spaces of Northern Ireland and occupied Palestine, highlighting the ways in which oppressed communities utilize this form of expression to convey resistance, foster community support, preserve the memory of armed struggle, and assert ......
Roots of Social Movements in Iran, the Middle East, and the World
Political Expressionism represents a new era in the practice of Social Movements where the transition from print to digital mediums forever changed how people protest and communicate. This work applies a comparative historical approach looking at the trends of Social Movements in Iran, the Middle East, and the world.
A Description of Egypt and Journal of the Famine Years
"A Physician on the Nile begins as a description of everyday life in Egypt at the turn of the seventh/thirteenth century, before becoming a harrowing account of famine and pestilence"--
Statehood, Sovereignty, and the International System
To have a State, four distinct conditions must be met. First, there must be a community of people, and it matters not whether they belong to the same color, faith, or ethnicity. Second, there must be a geographical space, a settlement that this community of people calls a home. Third, there must be governing authority. And finally, the government ......
Between Internationalization and Revolution (1918-1939)
Palestine in Interwar Period: Between Internationalization and Revolution (1918-1939)takes a comprehensive look at the political, social, and cultural climate that prevailed in Palestine during the turbulent years that followed the end of World War Ones. Topics coveredcomprise : political climate, society, culture, and economics. The book delves ......