Daughters of Tunis

Daughters of Tunis is an innovative ethnography that carefully weaves the words and intimate, personal stories of four Tunisian women and their families with a statistical analysis of women’s survival

Amar Akbar Anthony

A Bollywood blockbuster when it was released in 1977, Amar Akbar Anthony has become a classic of Hindi cinema and a touchstone of Indian popular culture. Delighting audiences with its

Patterns of Policy

Palestinian Society and Politics

In the wake of the third Arab-Israeli war in 1967, the Palestinian Arabs catapulted into public view and consciousness throughout the world and have remained highly visible ever since. The

Peasants, Politics and Revolution

During the last quarter century, peasant participation in politics has increased markedly in parts of Latin America and Asia. Why the poor and vulnerable peasant population has chosen to leave

Rules and Rights in the Middle East

In a series of essays by an international group of scholars and policy makers, this book provides the first sustained look at democracy and democratic movements in the Middle East.

State Power and Social Forces

This is a collection of scholarly essays on state, society and politics in the Third World, with cases drawn from Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. The introductory

Through the Lens of Israel

Essays on the formation of Israeli state and society during the twentieth century. Through the Lens of Israel illuminates Israeli history through the use of the author’s unique state-in-society approach,

Boundaries and Belonging

Although state borders remained remarkably stable during the Cold War, states have disappeared, splintered, consolidated, and blended into supra-national communities since 1990. The articles in this volume look at borders

The Everyday Life of the State

Today there are more states controlling more people than at any other point in history. We live in a world shaped by the authority of the state. Yet the complexion