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An Approach to the Study of Middle Eastern Politics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2016

Iliya Harik
Iliya Harik*
Affiliation:
Indiana University
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Extract

The study of Middle Eastern politics at the college level in the United States is fraught with difficulties for both instructor and student alike. For the student, the subject is almost always entirely unfamiliar and too full of details to be grasped let alone mastered in one term or semester. Instability and political turmoil in the area add to the complicated picture. The instructor’s task is mainly to help the student overcome these difficulties. He has to provide adequate organization of the disparate material and relate it to the frame of mind the student already has about politics.

Type
Research Article
Information
Review of Middle East Studies , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , February 1970 , pp. 30 - 41
Copyright
Copyright © Middle East Studies Association of North America 1970

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References

1 This definition is taken literally from my paper, “Mobilization Policy and Political Change in an Egyptian Village,” written for the Conference on Rural Politics and Social Change in the Middle East held at Indiana University, October 1969, and will be published soon in a forthcoming volume.