Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-327) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Colonial rule -- Nationalism -- Political economy : riches of a region -- War and lack of peace -- Past, present and future politics : political Islam -- Democratization : old politics, new problems -- Women : the invisible population -- Ethnicity and minorities -- Them and us : the United States, EU, and the Middle East -- Epilogue : the Middle East and the twenty-first century.
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