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State, power, and politics in the making of the modern Middle East

Title: State, power, and politics in the making of the modern Middle East / Roger Owen.
Author: Owen, Roger, 1935-
Publication: London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

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Description

xviii, 302 pages : map; 23 cm

Summary

This major new study provides the best general account to date of the recent political history of the Middle East. Roger Owen, a leading authority on Middle Eastern politics and history, presents a unique comparative treatment of central topics such as the growth of the Middle East state system, the place of the military, the role of religious organizations, the return to greater democracy, and the political response of Middle Eastern regimes to the economic crises of the 1970s and 1980s. The book provides a political history of all the Arab countries, as well as Israel, Iran, and Turkey, from the post-World War I period up to the present day. It will be important reading for those studying modern history and the Middle East, and for journalists, politicians and anyone who wants to know more about the current politics of the region.

Uniform Title

Making of the Middle East

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-295) and index.

Contents

Part I. States and state building. Introduction 1. The end of empires: the emergence of the modern Middle Eastern states --- 2. The growth of state power in the Arab world: the single-party regimes --- 3. The growth of state power in the Arab world under family rule, and the Libyan alternative --- 4. Arab nationalism, Arab unity and the practice of intra-Arab state relations --- 5. State and politics in Israel, Iran and Turkey from the Second World War ---- Part II. Themes in contemporary Middle Eastern politics. Introduction. 6. The politics of economic restructuring --- 7. The politics of religion --- 8. The military in state and society --- 9. Parties and elections --- 10. Single-party systems and the return to greater democracy.

ISBN

0415075904
9780415075909
0415075912
9780415075916

LCCN

91041501

OCLC

ocm24701225
24701225
SCSB-14454068

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library