Randjbar-Daemi, Siavush; Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, Eskandar and Banko, Lauren, eds. 2019. Political Parties in the Middle East. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9781138390966 [Edited Book]

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This comprehensive collection addresses the important question of political parties in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Written by historians, political scientists, and sociologists of the region, the book provides a pertinent analytical framework to understand the often complex and turbulent histories of these political parties, their role within the region, and their prospects in the wake of the post-2011 Arab Uprisings. The authors explore a rich and varied range of case studies including Iran, Turkey, Palestine, Egypt, Lebanon, and Morocco.

This book examines where political parties and organizations have been crucial to shaping contemporary historical events and political contestation, but also highlights their shortcomings and failures to deliver on the ambitions and hopes they had often evoked amongst their supporters. Furthermore, it looks at how political parties and their activities have intersected with important issues and themes such as gender, human rights, international solidarity, revolution and social transformation, and sectarian identity.

This book will be of great interest to students and researchers of political science, particularly within the MENA region. It was originally published as a special issue of the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies.

Item Type:	Edited Book
Additional Information:	Originally published as a special issue of the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies.
Keywords:	political parties, Middle East, North Africa
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Politics
Date:	20 August 2019
Item ID:	27019
Date Deposited:	07 Oct 2019 11:11
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2019 11:11
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/27019

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