This book investigates the conditions of state formation and
survival in the Middle East. Based on Historical Sociology, it
provides a model for study of the state in the Arab world and a
theory to explain its survival.
Examining states as a process, the author argues that what
emerged in the Middle East in the beginning of the twentieth
century are social fields where states form and deform and not
states as defined by Max Weber. He explores the constitutions of
these fields their cultural, material and political structures and
identifies three stages of state development in which different
cases can be located. Capturing the dilemmas that late-forming
states face as regimes within them cope with domestic and
international pressure, the author illustrates several Middle East
cases and presents a detailed analysis of state developments in
Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
He maintains that more than the domestic characteristics of
individual states, state survival in the Middle East is also a
function of the anarchic nature of the international (and by
extension the regional) states-system.
The first to raise the question on the survivability of the
territorial states in the Middle East while engaging with both
International Relations and Comparative Politics theories, this
book will be of interest to students and scholars of Middle East
politics, Comparative Politics and International Relations.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics |
Release date: |
December 2011 |
First published: |
2012 |
Authors: |
Adham Saouli
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
Pages: |
164 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-60295-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
|
LSN: |
0-415-60295-5 |
Barcode: |
9780415602952 |
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