Politics 323 - Comparative Politics of the Middle East
Comp. Polit./Middle East
Spring
2025
01
4.00
Sohail Hashmi
M 01:30PM-04:20PM
Mount Holyoke College
126498
Skinner Hall 210
shashmi@mtholyoke.edu
This course presents the rise (and sometimes collapse) of modern states in the Middle East; the nature of legitimacy, modernization, state-civil society relations, and political culture and economy; and the role of religion with specific reference to Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey.
Prereq: 8 credits in Politics including POLIT-106 or POLIT-216.