Ayubi, Nazih N. <br/><br/>
Over-stating the Arab state: politics and society in the Middle East/ 
Nazih N. Ayubi 
 - London:  I.B. Tauris,  2006. 
 - xiii, 514 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>The Middle East and the State debate : a conceptual framework --<br/>Modes of production and the origins of the Arabo-Islamic state --<br/>State formation in the modern era : the colonial/indigenous mix --<br/>he Arab state : territorial or pan-Arabist? --<br/>The sociology of articulated modes : community, class and polity --<br/>The political system of articulated forms : the radical, populist republics --<br/>The political system of articulated forms : the conservative kin-ordered monarchies --<br/>Civil-military relations --<br/>Bureaucratic growth : development versus control --<br/>Economic liberalisation and privatisation : is the Arab state contracting? --<br/>Prospects for democracy : is the civil society striking back? --<br/>Conclusion : the "strong", the "hard" and the "fierce" 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781850438274 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Politics and government<br/>Arab countries<br/>Middle East<br/>Social conditions
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.953  / AYU/O