Mark Tessler is Professor of Political Science, Director of the Centerfor Middle Eastern Studies, and Head of the Department of Near EasternStudies. He is author of A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, and co-editor (with David Garnham) of Democracy, War, and Peace in the Middle East.Jodi Nachtwey is a doctoral student in political science and Research Fellow for the Center of International Studies at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.Anne Banda is a doctoral student in urban studies and Assistant Director of the Center for International Studies at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Area Studies Controversy, Mark Tessler, Jodi Nachtwey, Anne Banda1. Politics in the Middle East: Opportunities and Limits in the Quest for Theory, Lisa Anderson2. State-Society Relations: Algeria as a Case Study, John P. Entelis3. Associational Life: Civil Society in Authoritarian Political Systems, Augustus Richard Norton4. Explaining Women's Support for Political Islam: Contributions from Feminist Theory, Jodi Nachtwey and Mark Tessler5. Influencing Public Policy: Banking and the Political Economy of Collective Action, Clement Henry6. Toward a Theory of International Labor Migration: Evidence from Egypt, Magda Kandil7. Religion and International Conflict: An Individual-Level Analysis, Mark Tessler and Jodi Nachtwey8. The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Lessons about Diplomatic Initiatives and Negotiations, Laura Zittrain Eisenberg9. Middle Eastern Alliances: From Neorealism to Political Economy, Laurie Brand10. International Relations Theory: Contributions from Research in the Middle East, Baghat KoranyContributorsIndex

Mark Tessler is Professor of Political Science, Director of the Centerfor Middle Eastern Studies, and Head of the Department of Near EasternStudies. He is author of A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, and co-editor (with David Garnham) of Democracy, War, and Peace in the Middle East.Jodi Nachtwey is a doctoral student in political science and Research Fellow for the Center of International Studies at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.Anne Banda is a doctoral student in urban studies and Assistant Director of the Center for International Studies at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Area Studies Controversy, Mark Tessler, Jodi Nachtwey, Anne Banda1. Politics in the Middle East: Opportunities and Limits in the Quest for Theory, Lisa Anderson2. State-Society Relations: Algeria as a Case Study, John P. Entelis3. Associational Life: Civil Society in Authoritarian Political Systems, Augustus Richard Norton4. Explaining Women's Support for Political Islam: Contributions from Feminist Theory, Jodi Nachtwey and Mark Tessler5. Influencing Public Policy: Banking and the Political Economy of Collective Action, Clement Henry6. Toward a Theory of International Labor Migration: Evidence from Egypt, Magda Kandil7. Religion and International Conflict: An Individual-Level Analysis, Mark Tessler and Jodi Nachtwey8. The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Lessons about Diplomatic Initiatives and Negotiations, Laura Zittrain Eisenberg9. Middle Eastern Alliances: From Neorealism to Political Economy, Laurie Brand10. International Relations Theory: Contributions from Research in the Middle East, Baghat KoranyContributorsIndex

Mark Tessler is Professor of Political Science, Director of the Centerfor Middle Eastern Studies, and Head of the Department of Near EasternStudies. He is author of A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, and co-editor (with David Garnham) of Democracy, War, and Peace in the Middle East.Jodi Nachtwey is a doctoral student in political science and Research Fellow for the Center of International Studies at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.Anne Banda is a doctoral student in urban studies and Assistant Director of the Center for International Studies at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Area Studies Controversy, Mark Tessler, Jodi Nachtwey, Anne Banda1. Politics in the Middle East: Opportunities and Limits in the Quest for Theory, Lisa Anderson2. State-Society Relations: Algeria as a Case Study, John P. Entelis3. Associational Life: Civil Society in Authoritarian Political Systems, Augustus Richard Norton4. Explaining Women's Support for Political Islam: Contributions from Feminist Theory, Jodi Nachtwey and Mark Tessler5. Influencing Public Policy: Banking and the Political Economy of Collective Action, Clement Henry6. Toward a Theory of International Labor Migration: Evidence from Egypt, Magda Kandil7. Religion and International Conflict: An Individual-Level Analysis, Mark Tessler and Jodi Nachtwey8. The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Lessons about Diplomatic Initiatives and Negotiations, Laura Zittrain Eisenberg9. Middle Eastern Alliances: From Neorealism to Political Economy, Laurie Brand10. International Relations Theory: Contributions from Research in the Middle East, Baghat KoranyContributorsIndex