State Power and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East

Roger Owen has fully revised and updated this text to take into account developments in the Middle East. This new edition continues to explore the emergence of individual Middle Eastern states since the fall of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the First World War and the key themes that have characterised the region since then. The book continues to serve as an introduction for newcomers to the modern history and politics of this fascinating region. Contents: Introduction; Part I States and State Building; 1. The End of Empires: The Emergence of the Modern Middle Eastern State System; 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 Arab Interstate Relations; 5. State and Politics in Israel, Iran and Turkey from the Second World War; 6. The Re-making of the Middle Eastern Political Environment in the 1980s and 1990s: The Arab states; 7. The Re-making of the Middle Eastern Political Environment: Israel, Turkey and Iran; Part II Themes in Contemporary Middle Eastern Politics Introduction; 8. Parties, Elections and the Vexed Question of Democracy in the Arab World; 9. The Politics of Economic Restructuring; 10. The Politics of Religious Revival; 11. The Military In and Out of Politics; 12. Civil Society: In Theory and Practice Conclusion: The Middle East at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century: September 11, the Attack on Iraq and Beyond