TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ayubi, Nazih N.
TI  - Over-stating the Arab state: politics and society in the Middle East
SN  - 9781850438274
U1  - 320.953 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - London
PB  - I.B. Tauris
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Arab countries
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - The Middle East and the State debate : a conceptual framework --
Modes of production and the origins of the Arabo-Islamic state --
State formation in the modern era : the colonial/indigenous mix --
he Arab state : territorial or pan-Arabist? --
The sociology of articulated modes : community, class and polity --
The political system of articulated forms : the radical, populist republics --
The political system of articulated forms : the conservative kin-ordered monarchies --
Civil-military relations --
Bureaucratic growth : development versus control --
Economic liberalisation and privatisation : is the Arab state contracting? --
Prospects for democracy : is the civil society striking back? --
Conclusion : the "strong", the "hard" and the "fierce"
ER  -