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State, power and politics in the making of the modern Middle-East/ Roger Owen

By: Owen, RogerMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: London: Routledge, 2008Edition: 3rd edDescription: xvi, 279 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780415297134Subject(s): World politics | Politics and government | Middle EastDDC classification: 320

Contents:

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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	320 OWE/S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P03010

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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.

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