TY - BOOK AU - Ismael, Tareq Y. AU - Ismael, Jacqueline S. TI - Government and politics of the contemporary Middle East: continuity and change SN - 9780415491440 U1 - 320.956 PY - 2011/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Politics and government KW - Middle East N1 - Introduction: Middle East politics in the twenty-first century : patterns of continuity and change -- Part I. Dynamics in Middle East politics. The burden of history : from empire to nation states -- The legacy of Islam : continuity and change -- Part II. Major governments and politics. The northern belt. The Republic of Turkey -- The Islamic Republic of Iran / with Ali Rezaei -- The Fertile Crescent. The Republic of Iraq / with Shereen T. Ismael -- The Syrian Arab Republic and the Lebanese Republic -- Israel and the Palestinian National Authority / with Glenn E. Perry -- West and east of the Red Sea. The Arab Republic of Egypt -- The Gulf Cooperation Council ER -