State-driven investments in art and cultural production in the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are an important part of the search for longer-term alternatives to longer-term unsustainability of…
Wirsing examines the energy context of the simmering Baloch separatist insurgency that has surfaced in recent years in Pakistan’s sprawling Balochistan province. In particular, he looks at how Pakistan’s mounting…
In one form or another, the concept of a modest Basic Income unconditionally granted to all individuals has been a topic of discussion for more than two centuries. But it…
The Arab Spring occurred within the context of the unravelling of the dominant ‘ruling bargain’ that emerged across the Middle East in the 1950s. This is being replaced by a…
This volume “Beyond the Exotic: Women’s Histories in Islamic Societies” introduces new sources for the study of the past and present life of Muslim women that challenge paradigms about the…
Bullets and Bulletins: Media and Politics in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings takes a sobering and holistic look at the intersections between media and politics before, during, and in…
This book, “Children in crisis: ethnographic studies in international contexts” brings together ethnographers conducting research on children living in crisis situations in both developing and developed regions, taking a cross-cultural…
Christian Responses to Islam in Nigeria, A Contextual Study of Ambivalent Encounters, examines the various Christian responses to Islam in Nigeria. It is a study of the complex, interreligious relationships…
This book “Creativity and change in Nigerian Chrisianity” provides an overview of Nigerian Christianity. it covers issues such as Pentecostalism, Charismatism, gender dynamics, Muslim-Christian relations, and the arts and performance…
This book, “Custom in Islamic Law and Leal Theory: the Development of the Concepts of ‘Ādah in the Islamic Legal Tradition“, explores the relationship between custom and Islamic law and…
This book “Desert Kingdoms to Global Powers: the Rise of the Arab Gulf”, is a lively analysis of the Arab Gulf states’ stunning rise to global power over the last…
In recent years, the Middle East’s information and communications landscape has changed dramatically. Increasingly, states, businesses, and citizens are capitalizing on the opportunities offered by new information technologies, the fast…
