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Examines the demographic shifts in the Middle East and North Africa, placing them in their social, political and economic contexts.
List of contents
Part I. Introduction and Fundamentals: Introduction; 1. Development, piety, elements of democracy and the MENA region; Part II. Global and MENA Demographic Transitions: 2. Demographic transition in the MENA and the world; Part III. Contemporary Dynamics and Dimensions in the MENA: 3. The impact of population movement and migration, oil and labor resources in the MENA region (focus on GCC countries); 4. Change and transition in the politics of gender and sexuality in the MENA; Part IV. Case Studies and Conclusion: 5. Contemporary dynamics and dimensions of politics and society in Yemen, Qatar, Tunisia and Iran; 6. Conclusion.
About the author
Elhum Haghighat is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Lehman College, and Professor at the Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center at The Graduate Center, both at The City University of New York. She is the author of Women in the Middle East and North Africa: Change and Continuity (2012).
Summary
The Middle East and North Africa have recently seen one of the highest population growth rates in the world. In this book, Elhum Haghighat places these demographic changes within their socio-cultural, political and economic contexts to highlight the complex relationships among these different factors.
