State, power and politics in the making of the modern Middle-East/
Owen, Roger
State, power and politics in the making of the modern Middle-East/ Roger Owen - 3rd ed. - London: Routledge, 2008. - xvi, 279 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
9780415297134
World politics
Politics and government
Middle East
320 / OWE/S
State, power and politics in the making of the modern Middle-East/ Roger Owen - 3rd ed. - London: Routledge, 2008. - xvi, 279 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
9780415297134
World politics
Politics and government
Middle East
320 / OWE/S