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The Arab World Today

Dan Tschirgi, editor
 
ISBN: 978-1-55587-459-9
$45.00
ISBN: 978-1-55587-479-7
$9.95
1994/276 pages/LC: 93-29379

"Both thoughtful and accessible, this anthology will be especially useful as a text in introductory courses on Middle Eastern politics."—Journal of Palestine Studies

"Sheds insight into an impressive range of issues concerning the Gulf crisis and its aftermath on the Arab world. It should serve as a useful resource for courses dealing with the role of the Arab world in the post-cold war era."—Australian Journal of Political Science

"Unlike many studies dealing with ideology, this collection of articles is easy to read and can be used for undergraduates."—Journal of Third World Studies

"A major contribution to our understanding of the Arab World. . . . Simultaneously looks to the past and future without simply rehashing the Gulf Conflict."—Denis Sullivan

DESCRIPTION

The full significance of the 1990-1991 Gulf crisis remains unclear—though clearly of deep concern to all those interested in the Arab World and its place in today's fast-changing global environment.

This book brings together the work of nineteen eminent Arab, European, and North American scholars who focus on the political, economic, social, and theoretical implications of the Gulf War. The variety of key questions they address revolve essentially around two major issues: the meaning of the Gulf War for inter-Arab relations, and for future relations between Arabs and non-Arabs.

Designed to appeal to a range of readers, the book will be especially valuable to students. The areas of disagreement highlighted by the contributors, as much as those of consensus, make it an essential tool in efforts to understand today's Arab World.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dan Tschirgi is associate professor of political science at the American University in Cairo. Among his previous works are The Politics of Indecision: Origins and Implications of American Involvement with the Palestine Problem and The American Search for Mideast Peace.

CONTENTS

  • Introduction.
  • UNDERSTANDING THE ARAB WORLD AFTER THE GULF CRISIS.
  • Reflections on the Meaning and Consequences of the Gulf Crisis—R. Owen.
  • Scholarship and the Diplomatic Context of the Arab World After the Gulf War—L.C. Brown.
  • The Gulf Crisis, the Arab World, and Intellectual Models—N.S. Hopkins.
  • The Need for an Alternative Construction of Knowledge—C. Nelson.
  • ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ISSUES.
  • Oil Wealth in the Arab World: Whence, to Whom, and Whither?—A. Richards.
  • Arab Elites and Societies After the Gulf Crisis—S.E. Ibrahim.
  • Arab Labor Migration and the Gulf Crisis—N. Fergany.
  • The Political Economy of Jordan: Democratization and the Gulf Crisis—R. al Khouri.
  • POLITICAL ISSUES IN THE ARAB WORLD.
  • The Gulf War: A Defining Event?—A. Dawisha.
  • Redefining the Arab and Arabism in the Aftermath of the Gulf Crisis—B. Tibi.
  • The Future of Regional and Subregional Organization in the Arab World—I. Awad.
  • National Security in the Arab World: The Persistence of Dualism—B. Korany.
  • The Third Wave of Democratization in the Arab World—M.K. El Sayyid.
  • A Palestinian View on the Implications of the Gulf Crisis—A.S. Al-Dajani.
  • Islamists and the Gulf Crisis—F. Burgat.
  • ARAB/NON-ARAB RELATIONS.
  • Russia, the CIS, and the Arab World After the Gulf Crisis—V. Naumkin.
  • The U.S. and the Arab World After the Gulf Crisis—H. El-Tawil.
  • The Gulf War and the Political Situation in the Middle East—W. Kazziha.
  • The Arab World and the Rest of the World—D. Tschirgi.
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