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Islamic Studies: Political Science

Oxford Islamic Studies Online

Oxford Islamic Studies Online
Access limited to 1 user at a time. Full-text encyclopedias and handbooks on major topics about Islam; English interpretations of the Qur'an; primary source documents, images and maps; and more.

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Includes material from several reference works including: Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, The Islamic World: Past and Present, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, The Oxford History of Islam, and What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam.

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Routledge Handbook of Political Islam by Shahram Akbarzadeh (Editor)
Publication Date: 2012-01-24

Online only. Click on title for bibliographic record and access to e-version.
A Companion to the Muslim World by Amyn B. Sajoo (Editor)
Call Number: BP161.3 .C65 2009

Publication Date: 2009-08-15

In print and online. Click on title for bibliographic record and access to e-version.
The Middle East: a guide to politics, economics, society, and culture by Barry Rubin
Publication Date: 2012

Online only. Click on title for bibliographic record and access to e-version.
The West and the Middle East by Barry Rubin (Editor)
Call Number: DS63.1 .W47 2011 Memorial Level 2

Publication Date: 2010

In print only. Click on title for bibliographic record.
The SAGE Handbook of Islamic Studies by Tamara Sonn (Editor); Akbar S. Ahmed (Editor)
Call Number: BP42 .S24 2010 Memorial Level 1

Publication Date: 2010

In print only. Click on title for bibliographic record.

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

The Middle East and North Africa by Europa Publications
Call Number: DS 49 .M5 Raynor Reference

Publication Date: 2013

In print. Click on title for bibliographic record.
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim world by Richard C. Martin (Editor)
Call Number: BP40 .E525 2004 Raynor Reference

Publication Date: 2004

In print and online. Click on title for bibliographic record and access to e-version.
A Political and Economic Dictionary of the Middle East by David Seddon (Editor)
Call Number: HC415.15 .S43 2004 Raynor Reference

Publication Date: 2004-12-16

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Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa by Philip Mattar
Publication Date: 2004

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Specialized Scholarly Studies

Reconceptualizing Deterrence : nudging toward rationality in Middle Eastern rivalries by Elli Lieberman
Call Number: JZ6009.M628 L54 2013 Memorial Level 4 Lower

Publication Date: 2012

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The transformation of the Gulf : politics, economics and the global order by David Held (Editor); Kristian Ulrichsen (Editor)
Call Number: DS201.2 .T73 2012 Memorial Level 2

Publication Date: 2011

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African Awakening : the emerging revolutions by Sokari Ekine (Editor); Firoze Manji (Editor)
Call Number: DT30.5 .A35583 2011 Memorial Level 2

Publication Date: 2011

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The Invisible Arab : the promise and peril of the Arab revolutions by Marwan Bishara
Call Number: JQ1850.A91 B58 2012 Memorial Level 4 Upper

Publication Date: 2012

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Islamist Radicalisation in North Africa : politics and process by George Joffé
Call Number: JQ3198.A58 I85 2012 Memorial Level 4 Upper

Publication Date: 2011

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The European Union and the Arab Spring : promoting democracy and human rights in the Middle East by Joel Peters
Call Number: JZ1570.A55 E979 2012 Memorial Level 4 Lower

Publication Date: 2012

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The Journey to Tahrirn : revolution, protest, and social change in Egypt by Jeannie Sowers (Editor); Chris Toensing (Editor)
Call Number: DT107.87 .J68 2012 Memorial Level 2

Publication Date: 2012

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Political-Military Relations and the Stability of Arab Regimes by Risa Brooks
Call Number: UA854 .B76 1998 Memorial Level 5

Publication Date: 1999

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Islamic Political Thought and Governance by Abdullah Saeed
Call Number: BP173.7 .I8695 2011 Memorial Level 1

ISBN: 9780415498685

Publication Date: 2010-12-18

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