Mark Tessler is Professor of Political Science, Director of the Centerfor Middle Eastern Studies, and Head of the Department of Near EasternStudies. He is author of A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, and co-editor (with David Garnham) of Democracy, War, and Peace in the Middle East. Jodi Nachtwey is a doctoral student in political science and Research Fellow for the Center of International Studies at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. Anne Banda is a doctoral student in urban studies and Assistant Director of the Center for International Studies at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Area Studies Controversy, Mark Tessler, Jodi Nachtwey,
Anne Banda
1. Politics in the Middle East: Opportunities and Limits in the Quest for
Theory, Lisa Anderson
2. State-Society Relations: Algeria as a Case Study, John P. Entelis
3. Associational Life: Civil Society in Authoritarian Political Systems,
Augustus Richard Norton
4. Explaining Women's Support for Political Islam: Contributions from
Feminist Theory, Jodi Nachtwey and Mark Tessler
5. Influencing Public Policy: Banking and the Political Economy of
Collective Action, Clement Henry
6. Toward a Theory of International Labor Migration: Evidence from Egypt,
Magda Kandil
7. Religion and International Conflict: An Individual-Level Analysis, Mark
Tessler and Jodi Nachtwey
8. The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Lessons about Diplomatic Initiatives and
Negotiations, Laura Zittrain Eisenberg
9. Middle Eastern Alliances: From Neorealism to Political Economy, Laurie
Brand
10. International Relations Theory: Contributions from Research in the
Middle East, Baghat Korany
Contributors
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