Over-stating the Arab state: politics and society in the Middle East/
Nazih N. Ayubi
- London: I.B. Tauris, 2006.
- xiii, 514 p. ; 24 cm.
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"
9781850438274
Politics and government Arab countries Middle East Social conditions