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Democracy In the Balance: Culture and Society In the Middle East

Democracy In the Balance: Culture and Society In the Middle East

Mehran Kamrava

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 ...
Revolution in Iran: The Roots of Turmoil

Revolution in Iran: The Roots of Turmoil

Mehran Kamrava

This book, first published in 1990, on the other hand focuses on the political and social factors which contributed of the Pahlavi dynasty.
The Nuclear Question in the Middle East

The Nuclear Question in the Middle East

Mehran Kamrava

This text combines thematic and theoretical discussions regarding nuclear weapons and nuclear energy with case studies from across the region.
The New Voices of Islam:

The New Voices of Islam:

mehran kamrava

This is a must-read for all those interested in hearing the new voices and seeing the other face of Islam.
Understanding Comparative Politics: A Framework for Analysis

Understanding Comparative Politics: A Framework for Analysis

Mehran Kamrava

This is a book of great utility to both intermediate and advanced students of comparative politics, as well as to scholars specializing in the field.
Iran's Intellectual Revolution

Iran's Intellectual Revolution

Mehran Kamrava

As the book aptly demonstrates, these developments, which amount to an intellectual revolution, will have profound and far-reaching consequences for the future of the Islamic republic, its people and very probably for countries beyond its ...
The New Voices of Islam: Rethinking Politics and Modernity : ...

The New Voices of Islam: Rethinking Politics and Modernity : ...

Mehran Kamrava

Born in Cairo in 1940, Leila Ahmed received a doctorate degree from the University of Cambridge and was later appointed to professorships first at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and later at the Harvard Divinity School, where she ...
Human Rights in the Near East and North Africa

Human Rights in the Near East and North Africa

James T. Lawrence

... and Central Asia: recruiting grounds for terrorism? / Irm Haleem - Promoting democracy and fighting terrorism: a contradiction / Abdullah Al-Faqih — Repression, fundamentalism, and terrorism in the Middle East / Mehran Kamrava  ...
Gateways to the World: Port Cities in the Persian Gulf

Gateways to the World: Port Cities in the Persian Gulf

Mehran Kamrava

A scholarly investigation of the lesser and greater port cities of the Persian Gulf, their hinterlands, their wider influence and future prospects.

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