"This volume is refreshing, timely, and essential." --Middle East Quarterly " A Political Economy of the Middle East makes a valuable intellectual contribution to the field of Middle East Studies and allied disciplines and focuses the connections between economics, politics, and the social, which are obscured in standard media analysis. I would highly recommend this book for courses on the Middle East history, economics, and politics and as the standard reference book for students and scholars on the political economies of the region." --Digest of Middle East Studies "The volume remains by far the best single work on the political economy of development in the contemporary Middle East. Highly recommended." --Choice Praise for the previous editions: "This book's strength is its conceptual, rigorous approach- it is a real textbook of political economy, not a pseudo-journalistic descriptive text on the Middle East." -- Jacek Lubecki, Georgia Southern University "For those who wish to give a course on the Middle East that emphasizes economics, there really is no alternative book." -- Michael Twomey, University of Michigan "Given ongoing developments in the Middle East and North Africa, this updated edition is most welcome and remains a valuable resource for its comprehensive coverage of the relevant economic, political, social, and religious issues affecting the region.
[T]his well-written book is the ideal text for a course on the political economy of the region and also for a variety of other courses in the growing field of Middle Eastern studies. Its nontechnical style makes it accessible to those new to the subject. Highly recommended." -- Choice "Interesting, informative, and challenging." --Choice (outstanding title) "Richards and Waterbury successfully presented a comprehensive study of the Middle East economies in the first edition of this book, [which was] interesting, informative, and challenging, and many Middle East scholars have found it an indispensable reference source. This second edition is just as successful.This outstanding book is a must for any library collection." -- Choice "The best text on the political economy of the Middle East.
The analysis is deep and the coverage is comprehensive." -- Maen Nsour, George Mason University "This is one of the best all-around textbooks on the Middle East I know, and the updated edition even improves its status." -- Uri M. Kupferschmidt, University of Haifa "Comprehensive and readable presentation of a complex subject, treated with candor and objectivity. A unique, stand-alone text." -- John Entelis, Fordham University.