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Although reform movements have been prominent in varying degrees in most Middle Eastern countries for some time, the recent cascade of events has generated new pressures for democratization throughout the Arab World. Political Change in the Arab Gulf States explores the politics influencing the volatile situation in the region, as well as specific measures devised by regimes in power to adjust to the challenges of the current environment. The authors first focus on the politics of seven Gulf states: Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. They then consider forces that are shaping current political attitudes and behavior across the region. The result is a careful assessment of the prospects for political reform in the Gulf—and an important corrective to a simplistic domino theory of democratization.

Democratization --- Social change --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- Political science --- New democracies --- Political aspects --- Persian Gulf States --- Saudi Arabia --- Politics and government. --- Politics and government --- Démocratisation --- Changement social --- Case studies --- Etudes de cas --- Aspect politique --- Etats du golfe Persique --- Arabie Saoudite --- Politique et gouvernement

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Develops a new ‘post/colonial’ model of Middle Eastern literary and cultural modernityThis Edinburgh Companion seeks to develop a postcolonial framework for addressing the Middle East. The first collection of essays on this subject, it assembles some of the world’s foremost postcolonialists to explore the critical, theoretical and disciplinary possibilities that inquiry into this region opens for postcolonial studies.Throughout its twenty-four chapters, its focus is on literary and cultural critique. It draws on texts and contexts from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries as case studies, and deploys the concept of ‘post/colonial modernity’ to reveal the enduring impact of colonial and imperial power on the shaping of the region. And it covers a wide and significant range of political, social, and cultural issues in the Middle East during that period – including the heritage of Orientalism in the region; the roots and contemporary branches of the Israel–Palestine conflict; colonial history, state formation and cultures of resistance in Egypt, Turkey, the Maghreb and the wider Arab world; the clash of tradition and modernity in regional and transnational expressions of Islam; the politics of gender and sexuality in the Arab world; the ongoing crises in Libya, Iraq, Iran and Syria; the Arab Spring; and the Middle Eastern refugee crisis in Europe.Key FeaturesThe first reference work to systematically investigate the relationship between postcolonial studies and the Middle EastBrings together twenty-two of the world’s foremost postcolonialists in a unique collaborative endeavourAddresses some of the most significant political, social and cultural issues in the Middle East from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuriesCovers a wide range of forms and genres, including fiction, poetry, life-writing, film, documentary, pictorial art, performance art, popular music, graffiti, the digital media and translationContributorsSadia Abbas, Rutgers University, NewarkSinan Antoon, New York UniversityAnna Ball, Nottingham Trent UniversityRéda Bensmaïa, Brown UniversityAnna Bernard, King’s College LondonMarilyn Booth, Oxford University Juan R. I. Cole, University of MichiganMiriam Cooke, Duke University Erdağ Göknar, Duke UniversitySalah D. Hassan, Michigan State UniversityWaïl S. Hassan, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignIkram Masmoudi, University of DelawareKarim Mattar, University of Colorado at BoulderLindsey Moore, Lancaster UniversityStephen Morton, University of SouthamptonLaetitia Nanquette, University of New South Wales, SydneyTahia Abdel Nasser, American University in CairoWen-Chin Ouyang, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Caroline Rooney, University of KentElla Shohat, New York University Ahdaf Soueif is a novelist, translator, and political and cultural commentatorAnastasia Valassopoulos, University of Manchester

Postcolonialism. --- Post-colonialism --- Postcolonial theory --- Political science --- Decolonization --- Postcolonialism --- Middle East --- Asia, South West --- Asia, Southwest --- Asia, West --- Asia, Western --- East (Middle East) --- Eastern Mediterranean --- Fertile Crescent --- Levant --- Mediterranean Region, Eastern --- Mideast --- Near East --- Northern Tier (Middle East) --- South West Asia --- Southwest Asia --- West Asia --- Western Asia --- Orient --- History --- In literature. --- In popular culture.