World Political Theories

The Middle East
The Politics of the Sacred and Secular
Shahrough Akhavi
13 August 2009

Amidst recent hype about events in the Middle East, there have been few attempts to get below the surface and develop a fuller understanding of what politics means there. The Middle East: The Politics of the Sacred and Secular redresses this balance and provides essential historical and...

Africa
The Politics of Suffering and Smiling
Patrick Chabal
12 February 2009

The question usually asked about Africa is: 'why is it going wrong?' Is the continent still suffering from the ravages of colonialism? Or is it the victim of postcolonial economic exploitation, poor governance and lack of aid? Whatever the answer, increasingly the result is poverty and...