Area Studies and Social Science

"The volume edited by Mark Tessler addresses a set of critical issues confronting all social scientists whose field of inquiry is extra-American.... Tessler and his contributors succeed admirably in their goal." -- American Historical ReviewHow should scholars construct knowledge about politics, economics, and international relations in major world regions? According to the contributors to this lively volume, the conflicting approaches of regional specialists and discipline-oriented social scientists must be combined to provide a firm foundation for studying the contemporary politics of the Middle East. Contributors are Lisa Anderson, Anne Banda, Laurie A. Brand, Laura Zittrain Eisenberg, John P. Entelis, Clement M. Henry, Magda Kandil, Baghat Korany, Jodi Nachtwey, Augustus Richard Norton, and Mark Tessler.

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.

Introduction: The Area Studies Controversy

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Mark Tessler

Jodi Nachtwey

Anne Banda

Politics in the Middle East: Opportunities and Limits in the Quest for Theory

1

(10)

Lisa Anderson

State-Society Relations: Algeria as a Case Study

11

(19)

John P. Entelis

Associational Life: Civil Society in Authoritarian Political Systems

30

(18)

Augustus Richard Norton

Explaining Women's Support for Political Islam: Contributions from Feminist Theory

48

(22)

Jodi Nachtwey

Mark Tessler

Influencing Public Policy: Banking and the Political Economy of Collective Action

70

(11)

Clement M. Henry

Toward a Theory of International Labor Migration: Evidence from Egypt

81

(21)

Magda Kandil

Religion and International Conflict: An Individual-Level Analysis

102

(19)

Mark Tessler

Jodi Nachtwey

The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Lessons about Diplomatic Initiatives and Negotiations

121

(13)

Laura Zittrain Eisenberg

Middle Eastern Alliances: From Neorealism to Political Economy

134

(14)

Laurie A. Brand

International Relations Theory: Contributions from Research in the Middle East

148

(11)

Bahgat Korany

Contributors

159

(2)

Index

161

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