Examining the social and cultural forces that have hindered the emergence and widespread developm...

This book offers a thematic analysis of the phenomenon of revolution. The twentieth century has b...

This book is a completely revised edition of the popular first edition, Politics & Society in the...

An innovative and comprehensive exploration of revolutions from the French Revolution of 1789 to ...

Comparative politics has undergone significant theoretical changes in recent decades. Particularl...

This book is a completely revised edition of the popular first edition, 'Politics & Society in th...

Since its revolution in 1979, Iran has been viewed as the bastion of radical Islam and a sponsor ...

Observers of Iran have often ascribed the main cause of the revolution to economic problems under...

Comparative politics has undergone significant theoretical changes in recent decades. Particularl...

First Published in 1999. This book does not aim to offer a new or radically different interpretat...

The 'Resource Curse' in the Persian Gulf systematically address the little studied notion of a 'r...

The Routledge Handbook of Persian Gulf Politics provides a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis ...

The Routledge Handbook of Persian Gulf Politics provides a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis ...

An innovative and comprehensive exploration of revolutions from the French Revolution of 1789 to ...

The Persian Gulf state of Qatar has fewer than 2 million inhabitants, virtually no potable water,...

Explores the intellectual changes that have occurred in Iran since the 1979 revolution.

The last decade has witnessed an explosion of popular and scholarly attention focussed on nuclear...

Are weak states more conspicuous in troubled regions like the Middle East or does their continued...

For much of the contemporary history of the Middle East, the Persian Gulf has stood at the center...

Over the last decade, at a time when the forces of 'Islamic fundamentalism' appear to be the domi...

Alongside such aspiring global cities as Doha, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai there are port cities that ap...

Mehran Kamrava is Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Director of the Center for Internationa...

The Persian Gulf state of Qatar has fewer than 2 million inhabitants, virtually no potable water,...

An in-depth, comprehensive, and theoretically-informed examination of Arab politics of the last d...

'Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar, Center for International and Regional ...

Explaining the different ways in which globalising forces have shaped new dimensions to the polit...

The Great Game in West Asia examines the strategic competition between Iran and Turkey for power ...

This rich dynastic study examines the political histories of Iran's last two monarchical dynastie...

'This book examines the political histories of Iran's last two monarchical dynasties, the Qajars ...

A history of Iran's political underdevelopment, of how and why social movements emerged, and of h...

A history of Iran's political underdevelopment, of how and why social movements emerged, and of h...

'Drawing on extensive fieldwork and rare primary sources, Mehran Kamrava provides a comprehensive...

'Drawing on extensive fieldwork and rare primary sources, Mehran Kamrava provides a comprehensive...

Assesses the atomized nature of power in Iran and how, within its political system, competition f...

'Focusing on the jurisprudential and ideological foundations of the Islamic Republic state, this ...

'Focusing on the jurisprudential and ideological foundations of the Islamic Republic state, this ...

A history of Iran's political underdevelopment, of how and why social movements emerged, and of h...