Untangling the Mayhem Crises and Prospects of the Middle East Gebunden

The volume discusses the recent developments in selected countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Theoretical chapter presents the internal and external factors influencing the development and democratization processes. Based on these factors the authors analyze in depth the recent development in Egypt Iraq Lebanon Libya Palestine Syria Turkey and Yemen. The authors demonstrate that the recent development in these countries varied significantly mostly due to the difference of the historical political economic security or religious conditions in the relevant countries.