GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Catalog description

An intense investigation of the social, economic, and political conditions of Islamic, Arab and non-Arab countries of the Middle East. Topics include basic tenets of Islam: political culture, formation of nation states, political systems (monarchies and republics), consequences of political development and modernization, and the role of the Middle East in international politics. PREREQ: MINIMUM SOPHOMORE STANDING OR INSTRUCTOR CONSENT