TY  - BOOK
AU  - Owen, Roger
TI  - State, power and politics in the making of the modern Middle-East
SN  - 9780415297134
U1  - 320 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - World politics
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Middle East
N1  - 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
ER  -