Week 1 January 30- February 2 Introduction to the course Week 2 February 6-9 Approaches and Concepts and the Emergence of the Modern Middle East Milton-Edwards, Introduction and Chapter 1 Owen, Chapter 1 Recommended Readings Mansfield, Peter. Penguin, 2003. A History of the Middle East. Week 3 February 13-16 020904128 State Building in Arab Republics Owen, Chapter 2 In Class Presentations: Egypt; Syria; Algeria and Iraq Recommended Readings Richards, A. and Waterbury, J. Westview Political Economy of the Middle East. Press, 2008. State in the Middle East and Comparative Anderson, Lisa. “The North Africa.” 20:1 (October 1987): 1-18. Politics
Week 1 January 30- February 2 Introduction to the course Week 2 February 6-9 Approaches and Concepts and the Emergence of the Modern Middle East Milton-Edwards, Introduction and Chapter 1 Owen, Chapter 1 Recommended Readings Mansfield, Peter. A History of the Middle East. Penguin, 2003. Week 3 February 13-16 020904128 State Building in Arab Republics Owen, Chapter 2 In Class Presentations: Egypt; Syria; Algeria and Iraq Recommended Readings Richards, A. and Waterbury, J. Political Economy of the Middle East. Westview Press, 2008. Anderson, Lisa. “The State in the Middle East and North Africa.” Comparative Politics 20:1 (October 1987): 1-18.