The Arab State: Dilemmas of Late Formation

ISBN-13: 9781138789135 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 164 str.

Adham Saouli;?Abar;?Abar

Opis

This text is concerned with state formation and collapse in the Middle East. In particular it examines the conditions under which states remain intact during late formation and how they resist various internal and external pressures.

Spis treści

Prologue 1. States and Social Fields  2. Constructing the Middle East: International Anarchy, Indigenous Responses  3. The Late-forming State: Ontology, Dilemmas and Conditions of Survival  4. Saudi Arabia: The Survival of a Homogeneous State  5. Iraq: The Survival of a Divided State.  Conclusion: Why do States Survive in the Middle East?

O autorze

Adham Saouli is Lecturer of Politics and International Relations at the University of Edinburgh. His main research interests are in state formation and behaviour in the Middle East.