1. One of the few interdisciplinary volumes on the region and takes into fuller consideration the current dynamics and longer-term trends at play, appropriate for courses looking at narrow or wide-ranging issues in Middle East politics, economics and sociology.
2. Explains key theories and concepts,making the chapters easier to read for beginners. See glossaries at beginning of book.
3. One of the few books written with MENA academics on the MENA region, taking full advantage of their respective positions on the ground and their subject experience over many years
4. Fully engaged with post-Arab Uprisings news and scholarship


5. Mason's previous books have been priced over $100 making this the most accessibly priced of his offerings


6. 100% previously unpublished content

Preface
Glossary, Actors, and Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Introduction
Robert Mason

Political Economy in the Middle East: The Cases of Demography and Youth
Robert Mason and Seif Hendy

Comparative Civil-Military Relations in the Middle East
Robert Mason and Dina Arakji

Soft Power and Geopolitical Competition in the Modern Middle East
Simon Mabon and Eyad AlRefai

The Regionalization and Internationalization of Conflict
Robert Mason and Neil Partrick

The Middle-oil Country Curse of the Middle East
Ishac Diwan

The Fall and Rise of Extra-regional Actors
Robert Mason and Philipp Casula

Environmental Politics in the Middle East
Robert Mason and Mohamed Abdelraouf

The Israel-Palestine Conflict as a Shaping Factor in Regional Politics
Robert Mason

Postscript
Index