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Established in 1977, the Middle East Contemporary Survey (MECS), a unique annual record of political developments in the Middle East, is acknowledged as the standard reference work on events and trends in the region. Designed to be a continuing, up-to-date reference for scholars, researchers and analysts, policymakers, students and journalists, it examines in considerable detail the rapidly changing Middle Eastern scene in all its complexity. In each volume, the material is arranged in two parts. The first contains a series of essays on broad regional issues and on the overall relations of the region with other parts of the world. The second consists of country-by-country surveys of all the Arab states, as well as Turkey, Israel, and Iran. The accent in the second part is on elucidating the inner dynamics of each country's polity and society. In a work of this kind, the events of the past year inevitably dictate the major themes of each volume. The topics discussed in Volume XI, which covers the year 1987, include:
List of contents
PART ONE: CURRENT ISSUES, THE MIDDLE EAST IN PERSPECTIVE, THE MIDDLE EAST AND WORLD AFFAIRS, ARAB-ISRAELI RELATIONS, INTRAREGIONAL AND MUSLIM AFFAIRS, PALESTINIAN ISSUES, MIDDLE EAST ECONOMIC ISSUES, PART TWO: COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY SURVEY, MAPS.
About the author
Itamar Rabinovich is Professor of Middle Eastern and African History and Head of the Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University.
Haim Shaked is Professor of Middle Eastern and African History and Senior Research Fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center. They are coeditors of
The Middle East and the United States: Perceptions and Policies. Ami Ayalon is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Middle.Eastern and African History and Senior Research Fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University.
Summary
Established in 1977, the Middle East Contemporary Survey (MECS), a unique annual record of political developments in the Middle East, is acknowledged as the standard reference work on events and trends in the region. Volume XI covers the year 1987.
