State, power and politics in the making of the modern Middle East /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2004.
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| 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.