Adham Saouli

The Arab State

Dilemmas of Late Formation

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the conditions of state survival in the Middle East. Capturing the dilemmas that 'late-forming states' face as they cope with domestic and international pressure, it provides a model for study of the state in the Arab world and a theory to explain its survival.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781138789135
• ISBN-10: 1138789135
• Artikelnr.: 40578742

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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?