TY - BOOK AU - Owen,Roger TI - State, power and politics in the making of the modern Middle East SN - 0415297133 AV - 439 DS 63 O97s 2004 U1 - 320.956 PY - 2004/// c1992 CY - London, New York PB - Routledge/ Taylor & Francis Group KW - Africa, North KW - Politics and government KW - Middle East KW - Africa del Norte KW - PolĂ­tica y gobierno KW - Medio Oriente KW - Geschichte KW - 1890-1993 KW - Politik ; SWD-ID: 40465147 KW - Staatsgewalt ; SWD-ID: 40566481 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-271) and index; 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 Lbyan altrnative-- 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. II.- Themes in contemporarary 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-- III.- The impact of the 11september attacks : America attempts to remake the Middle East-- Conclusion: the Middle East at the beginning of the twenty-first century UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0650/2003027014-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0701/2003027014-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0412/2003027014.html ER -