The Middle East and North Africa

Bol Partner

This short, jargon-free primer provides students with the basic background in the geography, history, politics, and religion of the Middle East and North Africa that they need to truly understand this fascinating region. The perfect text for any introductory Middle Eastern or comparative politics course, this accessible primer gives students, who begin the class knowing virtually nothing about the area, the background and context they need to study the changing political institutions and processes of the region. This objective, clearly-written overview of the Middle East and North Africa is organized into chapters covering regions, settings, political geography, religion, and history.

Bol

Provides an understanding of political phenomena in the Middle East and North Africa, by offering a political and spatial perspective. This book attempts to fill a noticeable gap in the political geographical literature of the region. This book enriches understanding of political phenomena in the Middle East and North Africa by offering a political and spatial perspective. It fills a noticeable gap in the politial geographical literature of the region. Matierla and ideas on spatial relationships in the region have until now remained scattered; this is the first effort to integrate such material to describe how it affects Middle Eastern political relationships.