State, power and politics in the making of the modern Middle East / Roger Owen.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Routledge, 2005. Edition: 3rd edDescription: xvi, 279 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 0415297141 (pbk.); 0415297133Subject(s): Middle East -- Politics and government | Africa, North -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 320.90156 Online resources: Table of contents | Publisher descriptionItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre Library | 320.90156 OWS 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 95091 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-271) and index.
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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