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This is the library report for
IS 233: Introduction to Middle East Politics
IS 304: Russian Foreign and Security Policies
IS 411: Islam and Politics
IS 412: Democratization, Development and Conflict in Post-Soviet Central Asia and the Transcaucasus
All of these courses will be taught at SFU Vancouver.
The SFU Library subscribes to a number of Databases that will prove useful for these courses. For example, Index Islamicus, International Political Science Abstracts and PAIS International will all prove useful for these courses.
No additional bibliographic tools are required.
The following journal titles listed on the course outlines are not available at the Belzberg Library. Subscriptions will need to be acquired.
Foreign Affairs $50 (Print only)
Middle East Report $81 (Print only)
Middle East Journal $144 (Print only)
Transitions Online $366
Slavic Review $159 (Print only)
Serials total: $800
These courses cover subject areas currently outside the collecting scope of the Belzberg Library. We will need to purchase an average of 13 books/year per course at an average book price of $75.
13 books/year @ $75 x 4 courses = $3,900/year
Additionally, the course outlines revealed gaps in the existing collection. These titles will also need to be purchased.
IS 233: Introduction to Middle East Politics
This will be elective course in Stream 2 of the International Studies undergraduate program. It will first be offered in the Fall of 2008 with an estimated enrollment of 30-80 students.
The following titles from the reading list are not available at the Belzberg Library:
Richards, Alan. A political economy of the Middle East Westview P.. 0813343488. 9780813343488. 3Rev e. X7-460972. 2007. $53
Bill, James A. Politics in the Middle East Addison Wesley Publishing Company. 0321005376. 9780321005373. 5E. X3-V12829. 1999. $70
Khater, Akram F. Sources in the history of the modern Middle East Houghton Mifflin Trade. 0395980674. 9780395980675. X9-833944. 2004. $61
Islam, democracy, and the state in North Africa (Indiana Series in Arab & Islamic studies) Indiana University Press. 0253333032. 9780253333032. R1-015880. 1997. $30
Ben Jelloun, Tahar, 1944- Corruption NEW PRESS (NY) /W W NORTON & CO (NY) . 1565842952. 9781565842953. V1-C74131. 1995. $20
Total for IS 233: $234
IS 304: Russian Foreign and Security Policies
This will be an elective course for Stream 1 of the International Studies curriculum. It will first be offered in the Fall of 2008 and annually thereafter with an estimated enrollment of 25-30 students.
Russia's Engagement with the West : Transformation and Integration in the Twenty-First Century M E Sharpe. 0765614421. 9780765614421. X2-B78555. 2005. $37
Developments in Russian politics 6 / edited by Stephen White, Zvi Gitelman and Richard Sakwa. Duke U Pr. 0822335107. 9780822335108. R5-516054. 2005. $90
Baker, Peter. Kremlin rising : Vladimir Putin's Russia and the end of revolution Scribner Classics. 0743264312. 9780743264310. R4-507539. $29
Russian politics under Putin Manchester University Press. 0719068002. 9780719068003. R6-451925. 2004. $74
Jack, Andrew. Inside Putin's Russia / Andrew Jack. Granta Books. 1862076405. 9781862076402. B9-690610. 2004. $40
Russian foreign policy and the CIS : theories, debates and actions (Routledge advances in international relations and global politics, 24) Routledge. 0415305772. 9780415305778. R0-408464. 2003. $152
Russia's policy challenges : security, stability, and development M E Sharpe. 0765610795. 9780765610799. R4-359070. 2003. $80
Lo, Bobo. Russian foreign policy in the post-Soviet era : reality, illusion, and mythmaking Palgrave Macmillan. 0333775937. 9780333775936. R7-340508. 2002. $116
The new Russian diplomacy / Igor S. Ivanov ; foreword by Henry A. Kissinger. Nixon Ctr/Brookings Inst Pr. 0815744986. 9780815744986. R1-324085. 2002. $24
Petro, Nicolai N. Russian foreign policy : from empire to nation-state Addison Wesley Longman Ltd. 0673996360. 9780673996367. N1-945407. 1997. US. $65
Total for IS 304: $707
This course will be an elective course in Stream 2 of the International studies curriculum. It will first be offered in the Fall of 2008 and annually thereafter with an estimated enrollment of 20-40 students.
Fadl, Abou El Khaled. Great Theft : Wrestling Islam from the Extremists HarperCollins (US). 0061189030. 9780061189036. X5-418657. In Stock US. 2007. US. $16
Esposito, John L. Islam and democracy Oxford University Press Inc. 0195102967. 9780195102963. L6-379155. 1996. $69
Abou El Fadl, Khaled. Speaking in God's name : Islamic law, authority and women Oneworld Publications. 1851682627. 9781851682621. X2-W87185. 2001. UK. $50
Norton, Augustus R. Hezbollah : a short history (Princeton studies in Muslim politics) Princeton University Press. 0691131244. 9780691131245. R2-631909. 2007. US. $18
Qutb, Sayyid. Milestones Maktabah Publications. 0954866517. 9780954866518. X9-L38191. 2006. $20
Khater, Akram F. Sources in the history of the modern Middle East Houghton Mifflin Trade. 0395980674. 9780395980675. X9-833944. 2004. $56
Islamic legal interpretation : muftis and their fatwas Harvard University Press. 0674468708. 9780674468702. X9-M94795. 1996. UK. $65
Lia, Brynjar. The Society of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt : the rise of an Islamic Mass Movement 1928-1942 Ithaca Press. 0863723144. 9780863723148. X1-F71058. 2006. $36
Pioneers of Islamic revival (Studies in Islamic society) Zed Books Ltd / SIRD. / WBP.. 1842776142. 9781842776148. re v.. R8-559380. 2005. US. $79
Abou El Fadl, Khaled. Islam and the challenge of democracy Princeton University Press. 0691118418. 9780691118413. X7-052147. 2004. $44
Gerges, Fawaz A. The far enemy : why jihad went global / Fawaz A. Gerges. Cambridge U Pr. 0521791405. 9780521791403. R8-529022. 2005. $28
Hamzeh, A. Nizar. In the path of Hizbullah (Modern intellectual & political history of the Middle East) Syracuse University Press. 0815630530. 9780815630531. R4-470525. 2004. $26
Kepel, Gilles. Muslim extremism in Egypt : the prophet and pharaoh / Gilles Kepel ; translated from the French by Jon Rothschild. U Calif Pr. 0520239342. 9780520239340. R7-369619. 2003. $21
Wickham, Carrie Rosefsky, 1962- Mobilizing Islam : religion, activism, and political change in Egypt Columbia University Press. 0231125720. 9780231125727. R4-339014. 2003. $79
White, Jenny B. Islamist mobilization in Turkey : a study in vernacular politics (Studies in modernity & national identity) University of Washington Press. 0295982233. 9780295982236. R7-331081. 2002. $37
Wiktorowicz, Quintan The management of Islamic activism : Salafis, the Muslim Brotherhood, and state power in Jordan (SUNY Series in Middle Eastern studies) State University of New York Press. 0791448355. 9780791448359. R6-240868. 2001. $84
Esposito John L Makers of Contemporary Islam John L. Esposito John Obert Voll Oxford University Press. 019514127X. 9780195141276. R4-234263. 2001. $47
Mishal, Shaul. The Palestinian Hamas : vision, violence, and coexistence Columbia University Press. 0231116748. 9780231116749. R0-164198. 2000. $77
Liberal Islam : a sourcebook / edited by Charles Kurzman. Oxford U Pr, N Y. 0195116216. 9780195116212. R3-076435. 1998. $58
Esposito, John L. Islam : the straight path Oxford University Press. 0195112334. 9780195112337. 3rd ed. rev.. R1-025079. 1998. $32
Said, Edward W. Covering Islam : how the media and the experts determine how we see the rest of the world Vintage Books US / Random House. 0679758909. 9780679758907. Rev. ed., 1st Vintage Books ed.. N9-959169. 1997. $15
Total for IS 411: $957
IS 412: Democratization, Development and Conflict in Post-Soviet Central Asia and the Transcaucasus
This course will be an elective course within Stream 1 and Stream 2 in the International Studies curriculum. It will first be offered in the Spring of 2009 and annually thereafter with an estimated enrollment of 25-30 students.
Wilson, Andrew. Virtual politics : faking democracy in the post-Soviet world Yale University Press. 0300095457. 9780300095456. R1-503520. 2005. $44
After the collapse of communism : comparative lessons of transitions Cambridge University Press. 0521834848. 9780521834841. R3-462353. 2004. $68
Oil, transition and security in Central Asia (RoutledgeCurzon advances in Central Asian studies, 1) RoutledgeCurzon / Taylor & Francis Inc. 0415310903. 9780415310901. R1-404101. 2003. $131
Gleason, Gregory. Markets and politics in central Asia : structural reform and political change (Economies in transition to the market, v.2) Routledge / Taylor & Francis Inc. 041527396X. 9780415273961. R6-369855. 2003. $132
Trenin, Dmitri. The end of Eurasia : Russia on the border between geopolitics and globalization / Dmitri Trenin. Carnegie Endowment/Brookings Inst Pr. 0870031902. 9780870031908. R7-297076. 2002. $26
Central Asian security : the new international context Brookings Institution. 0815701055. 9780815701057. R2-236029. 2001. $24
Conflict, cleavage, and change in Central Asia and the Caucasus Cambridge University Press (US). 0521592461. 9780521592468. N2-989642. 1997. $84
Total for IS 412: $509
One time costs:
Total one-time monographs costs: $2,407
Ongoing costs:
Total ongoing monograph costs: $3,900/year
Total ongoing serials costs: $800/year