Placing America : American culture and its spaces /

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Arab society : class, gender, power, and development /

Table of Contents: “…Fertility and social change in Oman : women's perspectives /…”
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The rise and fall of Arab presidents for life : with a new afterword / by Owen, Roger, 1935-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The search for sovereignty in an insecure world -- The origins of the presidential security state -- Basic components of the regimes -- Centralized state systems in Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, and Algeria -- Presidents as managers in Libya, Sudan, and Yemen -- Constrained presidencies in Lebanon and Iraq after Hussein -- The monarchical security stats of Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain, and Oman -- The politics of succession -- The question of Arab exceptionalism -- The sudden fall -- Conclusion -- Afterword.…”
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The government and politics of the Middle East and North Africa /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Middle Eastern and North African States in Comparitive Perspectives -- Republic of Turkey -- Islamic Republic of Iran -- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia -- Republic of Iraq -- Eastern Arabian States: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Oman -- Republic of Yemen -- Republic of Lebanon -- Syrian Arab Republic -- Hashimite Kingdom of Jordan -- State of Israel -- The Palestinians -- Arab Republic of Egypt -- Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya -- Kingdom of Morocco -- People's Democratic Republic of Algeria -- Tunisia.…”
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