A longtime bestseller, "Politics and Change in the Middle East" employs a multidisciplinary approach to comprehensively and evenhandedly examining the region's past, present, and future. Through politics, economics, culture, and history, this book offers a rugged analytical framework that familiarizes readers with the Middle East and helps them to critically evaluate contemporary developments. Thematically organized, "Politics and Change in the Middle East" introduces students to the primary actors and issues that define the region and its role in world politics.