Černý, Karel (2017): Instability in the Middle East ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** ČERNÝ, Karel. Instability in the Middle East: structural changes and uneven modernisation Karolinum, 2017. ISBN 978-80-246-3427-2. BUY ON AMAZON [ URL "https://www.amazon.com/Instability-Middle-East-Structural-Modernisati ref=sr_1_10?keywords=INSTABILITY+IN+THE+MIDDLE+EAST&qid=1563357741&s=gateway&sr=8-10"] Middle Eastern instability is manifest externally in many ways: by crises afflicting gover rise of political Islam, terrorism, revolution, civil war, increased migration, and the co states. This book examines the roots of this instability using a theoretically original an supported historical-sociological comparative analysis. Countering common interpretations Middle Eastern development, Instability in the Middle East focuses on the highly uneven an pace of change in individual sociodemographic, economic, and political dimensions of moder Drawing on the theory of multiple modernities, Černý investigates the broader cultural, re international political context of uneven modernization in the Middle East and tests his m series of dozens of indicators over the past fifty years, revealing a long-term trend of c across the region.