In This Guide:

Islamic Studies: Political Science

This Research Guides provides access to resources at Marquette Libraries and on the Internet about the Islam and the Mideast.

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.

Finding Books

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Overviews and Introductions

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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

In print only. Click on title for bibliographic record.
Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa by Philip Mattar
Publication Date: 2004

In print and online. Click on title for bibliographic record and access to e-version.

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

In print only. Click on title for bibliographic record.

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

In print only. Click on title for bibliographic record.
African Awakening : the emerging revolutions by Sokari Ekine (Editor); Firoze Manji (Editor)
Call Number: DT30.5 .A35583 2011 Memorial Level 2

Publication Date: 2011

In print only. Click on title for bibliographic record.
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

In print only. Click on title for bibliographic record.
Islamist Radicalisation in North Africa : politics and process by George Joffé
Call Number: JQ3198.A58 I85 2012 Memorial Level 4 Upper

Publication Date: 2011

In print only. Click on title for bibliographic record.
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

In print only. Click on title for bibliographic record.
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

In print only. Click on title for bibliographic record.
Political-Military Relations and the Stability of Arab Regimes by Risa Brooks
Call Number: UA854 .B76 1998 Memorial Level 5

Publication Date: 1999

In print only. Click on title for bibliographic record.
Islamic Political Thought and Governance by Abdullah Saeed
Call Number: BP173.7 .I8695 2011 Memorial Level 1

ISBN: 9780415498685

Publication Date: 2010-12-18

In print only. Click on title for bibliographic record.