TURKS IN EUROPE

From Guest Worker to Transnational Citizen

One of the foremost schola rs on Turkish migration, the author offers in this work the summary of her experiences and research on Turkish migration since 1963. During these forty years her aim has been threefold: to explain the journeys made by thousands of Turkish men and women to foreign lands out of choice, necessity, or invitation; to shed light on the difficulties they faced; and to elaborate on how their lives were affected by the legal, political, social, and economic measures in the countries where they settled.

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VISION AND CHANGE IN INSTITUTIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

The Transformation from Science to Commercialization

“This book is a pleasure to read. It is a highly unusual ethnography that provides a window into an institutional space (nuclear research) that is virtually invisible to the public eye. Given the obvious security issues involved, it is even more remarkable that the work was done. The ethnography itself is brilliantly written, showing ‘Gamma’ during a major transition in organizational ethics and activities.”  •  Benson Honig, Teresa Cascioli Chair in Entrepreneurial Leadership, MacMaster University

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THE DREAM IN ISLAM

From Qur'anic Tradition to Jihadist Inspiration

The war in the Middle East is marked by a lack of cultural knowledge on the part of the western forces, and this book deals with another, widely ignored element of Islam—the role of dreams in everyday life. In his analysis of the Islamic debates surrounding the role of “true” dreams in historical and contemporary Islamic prophecy, the author specifically addresses the significance of Al-Qaeda and Taliban dream practices and ideology.

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THE ANNOYING DIFFERENCE

The Emergence of Danish Neonationalism, Neoracism, and Populism in the Post-1989 World

“(A) very important contribution to various debates on current Danish identity politics and more generally, on the developments of contemporary right-wing politics prevailing in Europe and the West.” •  Gunvor Jónsson, International Migration Institute (IMI), University of Oxford

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CARING FOR THE 'HOLY LAND'

Filipina Domestic Workers in Israel

In Israel, as in numerous countries of the global North, Filipina women have been recruited in large numbers for domestic work, typically as live-in caregivers for the elderly. The case of Israel is unique in that the country has a special significance as the ‘Holy Land’ for the predominantly devout Christian Filipina women and is at the center of an often violent conflict, which affects Filipinos in many ways.

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ISLAM AND NEW KINSHIP

Reproductive Technology and the Shariah in Lebanon

“The book is theoretically sophisticated, beautifully written, and brilliantly cohesive. The author is to be commended for his unflagging engagement with a complex Islamic legal literature, with interviewees supplying him with massive tomes in Arabic containing their legal positions. Most admirable is the endeavour to analyse the perspectives revealed ‘on their own terms’ within the societies that produce them.”  •  JRAI

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JUDGMENT AT ISTANBUL

The Armenian Genocide Trials

Turkey’s bid to join the European Union has lent new urgency to the issue of the Armenian Genocide as differing interpretations of the genocide are proving to be a major reason for the delay of the its accession. This book provides vital background information and is a prime source of legal evidence and authentic Turkish eyewitness testimony of the intent and the crime of genocide against the Armenians.

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DYNAMIC BELONGING

Contemporary Jewish Collective Identities

This volume explores the fluid and dynamic nature of identity building among Jews and the many issues that cut across different Jewish groupings. An important contribution to scholarship on contemporary Jewry, it reveals the often unrecognized dynamism in new forms of Jewish identification and affiliation in Israel and in the Diaspora.

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KIN, GENE, COMMUNITY

Reproductive Technologies among Jewish Israelis

Israel is the only country in the world that offers free fertility treatments to nearly any woman who requires medical assistance. The contributors—anthropologists, bioethicists, jurists, physicians and biologists—highlight the complexities surrounding these treatments and show how biological relatedness is being construed as a technology of power; how genetics is woven into the production of identities; how reproductive technologies enhance the policing of boundaries.

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THE HADRAMI DIASPORA

Community-Building on the Indian Ocean Rim

"A fascinating subject, based on extensive fieldwork and excellent case studies of diaspora communities."  •  Christopher Davidson, Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Durham, UK

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IMPOTENT WARRIORS

Perspectives on Gulf War Syndrome, Vulnerability and Masculinity

“This is an important anthropological study, which I believe is set to become a classic. The theoretical perspectives are clearly presented and applied to compelling ethnographic material. The publication of this manuscript will make it accessible to both undergraduate and graduate students of anthropology, as well as students of political science, sociology and military studies.”  •  Vieda Skultans

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FISHERS AND SCIENTISTS IN MODERN TURKEY

The Management of Natural Resources, Knowledge and Identity on the Eastern Black Sea Coast

“The book is well organized and the study follows smoothly from one chapter to the next offering a well-informed analysis of the nature-culture dichotomy on the Eastern Black Sea coast…This book's inter-disciplinary approach should make it appealing to an array of audiences from fisheries scientists and managers to environmental historians and cultural geographers.”  •  H-Environment

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Israel Studies Review

An Interdisciplinary Journal

ISR explores modern and contemporary Israel from the perspective of the social sciences, history, the humanities, and cultural studies and welcomes submissions on these subjects. The journal also pays close attention to the relationships of Israel to the Middle East and to the wider world, and encourages scholarly articles with this broader theoretical or comparative approach provided the focus remains on modern Israel.

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Nomadic Peoples

"Nomadic Peoples now serves the international community as the single most important information resource about nomadic and pastoral peoples around the world. Offering high quality, peer-reviewed research reports from both incountry and external experts, Nomadic Peoples bridges the gap between disciplines, between academics and applied professionals, and between East and West, North and South." —Philip Carl Salzman, Professor of Anthropology, McGill University

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Anthropology of the Middle East

This peer-reviewed journal provides a forum for scholarly exchange between anthropologists and other social scientists working in and on the Middle East. The journal's aim is to disseminate, on the basis of informed analysis and insight, a better understanding of Middle Eastern cultures and thereby to achieve a greater appreciation of Middle Eastern contributions to our culturally diverse world.

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Regions and Cohesion

Regiones y Cohesión / Régions et Cohésion

Regions and Cohesion is a needed platform for academics and practitioners alike to disseminate both empirical research and normative analysis of topics related to human and environmental security, social cohesion, and governance. It covers themes, such as the management of strategic resources, environment and society, social risk and marginalization, disasters and policy responses, violence, war and urban security, the quality of democracy, development, public health, immigration, human rights, organized crime, and cross-border human security.

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