Pensum
(*Kjøpes som bøker i Akademika. Det øvrige pensum selges som kompendium i kopiutsalget, Akademika)
*Gerner, Deborah J. & Schwedler, J.: Understanding the contemporary Middle East, 2004. Boulder/London: Lynne Rienner . Kap. 3-6 og 8-11 (292s.).
Harik, Iliya: "The Origins of the Arab State System", i Giacomo Luciani (red.): The Arab State, London: Routledge, 1990 (28 s.).
Hudson, Michael: Arab Politics: The Search for Legitimacy, 1977. New Haven & London, Yale University Press. kap. 1-3 (78 s.).
*Long, David & Reich, Bernard: The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa. (4th ed.), 2002. Westview Press.
*Selvik, Kjetil & Stenslie, Stig: Stabilitetens pris: Stat og politikk i Midtøsten, 2007. Fagbokforlaget.
Sum pensum: 994 s.
Anbefalt litteratur
1. Midtøsten og Nord-Afrika generelt
Bromley, Simon: Rethinking Middle East Politics, University of Texas Press, 1994.
Brynen, Rex, Baghat Korany & Paul Noble (red.): Political Liberalization and Democratization in the Arab World, Volume 1: Theoretical Perspectives, Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner, 1995.
Guazzone, Laura (red.): The Islamist Dilemma: the Political Role of Islamist Movements in the Contemporary Arab World, 1995. Reading, Berkshire: Ithaca Press.
Khoury, Philip S. & Joseph Kostiner (red.): Tribes and State Formation in the Middle East, 1990. University of California Press.
Kostiner, Joseph: Middle East Monarchies: the Challenge of Modernity, 2000. Lynne Rienner Publishers.
Luciano, Giacomo (red.): The Arab State, 1990. University of California Press.
Milton-Edwards, Beverley: Contemporary Politics in the Middle East, 2000. Cambridge: Polity Press/ Oxford: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
2. Den arabiske halvøy
Allen, Calvin H. & W. Lynn Rigsbee: Oman under Qaboos, 2000. Fransk Cass & Co.
Crystal, Jill: Oil and Politics in the Gulf: Rulers and Merchants in Kuwait and Qatar, 1995. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Dresch, Paul: A History of Modern Yemen, 2001. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Herb, Michael: All in the Family: Absolutism, Revolution, and the Democracy in the Middle Eastern Monarchies, 1999. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press.
Niblock, Tim: Saudi Arabia, 2003. London: Routledge.
al-Rashneed, Madawi: A History of Saudi Arabia, 2002. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Zahlan, Rosemary Said: The Making of the Modern Gulf States, 1998, 2nd Ed.. Ithaca Press.
3. Egypt
el-Ghonemy, Riad (red.): Egypt in the 21st Century, 2003. London: Routledge.
Kassem, May: In the Guise of Democracy: Governance in Contemporary Egypt, 1999. Reading: Ithaca Press.
Kienle, Eberhard: A Grand Delusion: Democracy and Economic Reform in Egypt, 2001. I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Sonbol, Amira El Azhary : The new Mamluks : Egyptian society and modern feudalism, 2000. Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press.
4. Irak
Khalil, Samir: Republic of Fear: the Politics of Modern Iraq, 1989. University of California Press.
Tripp, Charles: A History of Iraq, 2000. Cambridge University Press.
5. Iran
Ansari, Ali & Anoushiravan Ehteshami: Iran, Islam and Democracy: the Policy of Managing Change, 2000. Royal Institute of International Affairs.
Ehteshami, Anoushiravan : After Khomeini: The Iranian Second Republic, 1995. London: Routledge.
Menashri, David: Post-Revolutionary Politics in Iran: Religion, Society, and Power, 2001. Frank Cass & Co.
6. Israel og palestinerne
Jones, Clive & Emma C. Murphy: Israel: Challenges to Identity, Democracy and the State, 2001. London: Routledge.
Pappé, Ilan (ed.): The Israel/Palestine Question, 1999. London: Routledge.
Rogan, Eugene L. & Avi Shlaim: The War for Palestine, 2001. Cambridge University Press.
Shafir, Gershon & Yoav Peled: Being Israeli, 2002. Cambridge University Press.
Robinson, Glenn E.: Building a Palestinian State , 1997. Bloomington: Indiana University Press..
Khalidi, Rashid: Palestinian identity : the construction of modern national consciousness , 1997. New York: Columbia University Press.
Sayigh, Rosemary: Palestinians : from peasants to revolutionaries, 1979. London: Zed Press.
Lustick, Ian: Arabs in the Jewish State : Israel's control of a national minority, 1980. Austin: University of Texas Press.
7. Jordan, Libanon og Syria
Hinnebusch, Raymond: Syria: Revolution from Above, 2002. London: Routledge.
Milton-Edwards, Beverley: Jordan: a Hashemite Legacy, 2001. London: Routledge.
Najem, Tom Pierre: Lebanon: The Politics of a Penetrated Society, 2003. London: Routledge.
Perthes, Volker: The Political Economy of Syria under Asad, 1998. I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Satloff, Robert: From Abdullah to Hussein: Jordan in Transition, 1993. Oxford University Press.
Ziser, Eyal, Itamar Rabinovich & Eyal Zisser: Asad's Legacy: Syria in Transition, 2000. New York University Press.
8. Tyrkia
Altunisik, Meliha Benli & Özlem Tür Kavli: Turkey: Themes and Challenges, 2003. London: Routledge.
Cornell, Erik: Turkey in the 21st Century: Opportunities, Challenges, Threats , 2000. London: Routledge.
Zürcher, Erik Jan: Turkey, A Modern History, 1998. I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
9. Kurderne
McDowall, David: A Modern History of the Kurds, 2000, 2nd Ed. London: I.B. Tauris .
Stansfield, Gareth: Iraqi Kurdistan : political development and emergent democracy, 2003. London: Routledge.
10. Nord-Afrika
Bourqia, Rahma & Susan Gilson Miller (red.): In the Shadow of the Sultan: Culture, Power, and Politics in Morocco, 1999. Harvard University Press.
Joffé, George: Algeria: the Failed Revolution, 2003. London: Routledge.
Simons, Geoff: Libya: the Struggle for Survival, 1996. Palgrave MacMilian.
Vandewalle, Dirk: Libya Since Independence: Oil and State-Building, 1998. Cornell University Press.
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