State, power and politics in the making of the modern Middle East /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Owen, Roger, 1935-
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
Edition:3rd ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • PART I. States and state building
  • The end of empires : the emergence of the modern Middle Eastern states
  • The growth of state power in the Arab world : the single-party regimes
  • The growth of state power in the Arab world under family rule, and the Libyan alternative
  • Arab nationalism, Arab unity and the practice of intra-Arab state relations
  • State and politics in Israel, Iran and Turkey from the Second World War
  • The remaking of the Middle Eastern political environment between the two Gulf wars
  • PART II. Themes in contemporary Middle Eastern politics
  • The politics of economic restructuring
  • Parties, elections and the vexed question of democracy in the Arab world
  • The politics of religious revival
  • The military in and out of politics
  • Some important non-state actors
  • PART III. The impact of the 11 September attacks
  • America attempts to remake the Middle East
  • Conclusion : The Middle East at the beginning of the twenty-first century.