Arab Society: Class, Gender, Power, and Development

by Nicholas S. Hopkins (Editor), Saad Eddin Ibrahim (Editor)

This all-new edition of the classic Arab Society: Social Science Perspectives, containing thirty new articles by leading scholars, examines Arab society in the 1990s. Articles by scholars from many countries explore such subjects as Arab unity and identity; demographic processes; the roles of men, women, and family; rural social change; political developments; and religious change. For students, scholars, and general readers alike, Arab Society offers up-to-date analysis and discussion of the social, political, and economic transformations that face the region today.

600 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1998