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040			_cCUS
082			_a320 _bOWE/S
100			_aOwen, Roger
245		0	_aState, power and politics in the making of the modern Middle-East/ _cRoger Owen
250			_a3rd ed.
260			_aLondon: _bRoutledge, _c2008.
300			_axvi, 279 p. ; _c24 cm.
505			_aPART 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.
650			_aWorld politics
650			_aPolitics and government
650			_aMiddle East
942			_cWB16