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082	0	0	_a320.956 _bOWE/S
100	1		_aOwen, Roger,
245	1	0	_aState, power and politics in the making of the modern Middle East/ _cRoger Owen.
250			_a3rd ed.
260			_aLondon ; _aNew York : _bRoutledge, _c2004.
300			_axvi, 279 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [241]-271) and index.
505	0	0	_gPART I. States and state building -- _tThe end of empires : the emergence of the modern Middle Eastern states -- _tThe growth of state power in the Arab world : the single-party regimes -- _tThe growth of state power in the Arab world under family rule, and the Libyan alternative -- _tArab nationalism, Arab unity and the practice of intra-Arab state relations -- _tState and politics in Israel, Iran and Turkey from the Second World War -- _tThe remaking of the Middle Eastern political environment between the two Gulf wars -- _gPART II. Themes in contemporary Middle Eastern politics -- _tThe politics of economic restructuring -- _tParties, elections and the vexed question of democracy in the Arab world -- _tThe politics of religious revival -- _tThe military in and out of politics -- _tSome important non-state actors -- _gPART III. The impact of the 11 September attacks -- _tAmerica attempts to remake the Middle East -- _gConclusion : _tThe Middle East at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
651		0	_aMiddle East _xPolitics and government.
651		0	_aAfrica, North _xPolitics and government.
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