Examining the social and cultural forces that have hindered the emergence and widespread development of democratic polities in the Middle East, Mehran Kamrava analyzes the effect politics, in particular, and society-based dynamics, in general, have had on the nature and evolution of Middle Eastern culture.
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Mehran Kamrava teaches political science at California State University, Northridge. Born in Iran, he received his Ph.D. in Social and Political Sciences from Cambridge University. He is the author of a number of books, including Revolutionary Politics; Revolution in Iran: The Roots of Turmoil; and Cultural Politics in the Third World.
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A refreshing insight into a misunderstood region.,
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This review is from: Democracy in the Balance: Culture and Society in the Middle East (Comparative Politics & the International Political Economy,) (Paperback)
The author puts forth a carefully detailed study into a region greatly misunderstood. Deftly weilding a vast knowledge of the Middle East, Kamrava has crafted his viewpoint to be accessible to today's students of Middle Eastern politics. Unlike many other writers, Kamrava refuses to fall into blind speculation about the region's near future. Instead, the author has brought to the reader a well grounded synthesis of theory and practice that can be used to filter the Middle East's morass of misunderstanding.
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An Excellent book filled with Kamrava's fantastic analysis,
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This review is from: Democracy in the Balance: Culture and Society in the Middle East (Comparative Politics & the International Political Economy,) (Paperback)
Kamrava's analysis of the Middle East makes this book a must have for every student and scholar of the Middle East. His insights about the culture and society in the Middle East, is explained very clearly, making it easy to understand about such a controversial and volatile region.
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The debate over democratic rule has come to the fore of scholarly debate, and the recent global wave of democratization has resulted in the publication of a number of highly significant theoretical and empirical studies on the subject.1 Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
political crafting, confessional mind, more integrated economies, democracy without democrats, oil monarchies, informal gathering places, quasi democracies, distorted change, quasi democracy, lumpen proletariat, viable democracies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Middle Eastern, Saudi Arabia, Third World, Latin America, United Arab Emirates, Saddam Hussein, Gulf War, Sunni Muslim, Gregory Thomas Kurian, Islamic Republic, New York, Persian Gulf, United States, North Africa, Ernest Gellner, Good God, Shia Muslim, Civic Forum New!
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The debate over democratic rule has come to the fore of scholarly debate, and the recent global wave of democratization has resulted in the publication of a number of highly significant theoretical and empirical studies on the subject.1 Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
political crafting, confessional mind, more integrated economies, democracy without democrats, oil monarchies, informal gathering places, quasi democracies, distorted change, quasi democracy, lumpen proletariat, viable democracies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Middle Eastern, Saudi Arabia, Third World, Latin America, United Arab Emirates, Saddam Hussein, Gulf War, Sunni Muslim, Gregory Thomas Kurian, Islamic Republic, New York, Persian Gulf, United States, North Africa, Ernest Gellner, Good God, Shia Muslim, Civic Forum New!
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