Description: Reflects on different ways of understanding order across the Middle East.
Brief description: Marc Lynch is Professor of Political Science at The George Washington University, where he directs its Middle East Studies Program as well as the Project on Middle East Political Science and the Program on African Social Research. His recent books include The Political Science of the Middle East (Oxford University Press), Making Sense of the Arab State (University of Michigan Press), and The New Arab Wars (Public Affairs).
Review Quotes: This volume is a powerful theoretical intervention in the study of MEIR. It is unique in the breadth of perspectives it gathers, and the diversity of its methodological contributions.--Bassel F. Salloukh, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies