Books written by Ellen Lust

  • Trust, Voice, and Incentives: Learning from Local Success Stories in Service Delivery in the Middle East and North Africa

    Habyarimana, J., M. Humphreys, D. Posner, and J. Weinstein. 2007. “Why Does Ethnic Diversity Undermine Public Goods Provision? An Experimental Approach.” American Political Science Review 101 (4): 709–25. Hasnain, Z. 2008.

  • The Middle East

    In clear prose, Lust and her outstanding contributors explain the many complex changes taking place across the region. New to this edition is a country profile chapter on Sudan by Fareed Hassan.

  • The Middle East

    Peter Evans, Embedded Autonomy; Atul Kohli, State-Directed Development: Political Power and Industrialization in the ... Michael Barnett, Dialogues in Arab Politics: Negotiations in Regional Order (New York: Columbia University Press, ...

  • Political Participation in the Middle East

    Political participation in authoritarian regimes is usually considered insignificant, or important only insofar as it promotes democracy. Turning this common wisdom on its head, Political Participation in the Middle East...

  • Taking to the Streets: The Transformation of Arab Activism

    Pairing first-hand observations from activists with the critical perspectives of scholars, the book illuminates the concept of activism as an ongoing process, rather than a sudden burst of defiance.

  • Taking to the Streets: The Transformation of Arab Activism

    Pairing first-hand observations from activists with the critical perspectives of scholars, the book illuminates the concept of activism as an ongoing process, rather than a sudden burst of defiance.

  • The Middle East

    In the newly updated Sixteenth Edition of The Middle East, Ellen Lust and contributors comprehensively examine regional trends and offer in-depth country profiles to illuminate this vital region.

  • The Middle East, 13th Edition

    New to this edition: - Every chapter has been thoroughly revised to cover all of the major changes in the region since the uprisings of 2011 - The Overview section now contains a chapter on religion, society, and politics in the Middle East ...

  • Trust, Voice, and Incentives: Learning from Local Success Stories in Service Delivery in the Middle East and North Africa

    Such learning may help the World Bank Group and other donors as well as national and local leaders and civil society, in developing ways to enhance the trust, voice, and incentives for service delivery to meet citizens' needs and ...