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  • The Middle East

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    In the The Middle East, Sixteenth Edition, Ellen Lust brings important new coverage to this comprehensive, balanced, and superbly researched text. In clear prose, Lust and her outstanding contributors explain the landscape of this changing region by examining both regional trends and individual countries. The Sixteenth Edition adds a chapter on Sudan, and other country chapters have been ... Read more

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  • Everyday Choices

    The Role of Competing Authorities and Social Institutions in Politics and Development

    by Ellen M. Lust ...
    Series series Elements in the Politics of Development
    Scholars and practitioners seek development solutions through the engineering and strengthening of state institutions. Yet, the state is not the only or the primary arena shaping how citizens, service providers and state officials engage in actions that constitute politics and development. These individuals are members of religious orders, ethnic communities, and other groups that make claims on ... Read more

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  • Taking to the Streets

    The Transformation of Arab Activism

    Edited by Lina Khatib, Ellen Lust ...
    Debunks the simplistic narratives of youth-driven, social media revolutions in the Arab Spring.Taking to the Streets critically examines the conventional wisdom that the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings happened spontaneously and were directed by tech-savvy young revolutionaries. Pairing first-hand observations from activists with the critical perspectives of scholars, the book illuminates the concept ... Read more

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  • Trust, Voice, and Incentives

    Learning from Local Success Stories in Service Delivery in the Middle East and North Africa

    This report examines the role of incentives, trust, and engagement as critical determinants of service delivery performance in MENA countries. Focusing on education and health, the report illustrates how the weak external and internal accountability undermines policy implementation and service delivery performance and how such a cycle of poor performance can be counteracted. Case studies of local ... Read more

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  • Trust, Voice, and Incentives

    Learning from Local Success Stories in Service Delivery in the Middle East and North Africa

    This report examines the role of incentives, trust, and engagement as critical determinants of service delivery performance in MENA countries. Focusing on education and health, the report illustrates how the weak external and internal accountability undermines policy implementation and service delivery performance and how such a cycle of poor performance can be counteracted. Case studies of local ... Read more

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  • Safer Field Research in the Social Sciences

    A Guide to Human and Digital Security in Hostile Environments

    Exploring the challenges and risks of social science fieldwork, this book shares best practice for conducting research in hostile environments and pragmatic advice to help you make good decisions.Drawing on the authors’ experiences in regions of conflict and grounded in real-world examples, the book:· Provides practical guidance on important considerations like choosing a research question in ... Read more

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    Beginning in December 2010 popular revolt swept through the Middle East, shocking the world and ushering in a period of unprecedented unrest. Protestors took to the streets to demand greater freedom, democracy, human rights, social justice, and regime change. What caused these uprisings? What is their significance? And what are their likely consequences? In an engaging question-and-answer format, ... Read more

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  • The Women, Gender and Development Reader

    The Women, Gender and Development Reader is the definitive volume of literature dedicated to women in the development process. Now in a fully revised second edition, the editors expertly present the impacts of social, political and economic change by reviewing such topical issues as migration, persistent structural discrimination, the global recession, and climate change. Approached from a ... Read more

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  • Migration

    Series series Key Ideas in Geography
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  • Racism and Anti-Racism in Canada

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