Over-stating the Arab state : politics and society in the Middle East /: politics and society in the Middle East. (2009 ©1995)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nazih N. Ayubi.
• Other Names: Ayubi, Nazih N. M
• Contents: Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- 1. The Middle East and the State Debate: a Conceptual Framework -- The state debate -- The state in comparative perspective -- The non-individualistic path to the state -- The Arabs and the issue of the state -- Schematic argument and conceptual framework -- 2. Modes of Production and the Origins of the Arabo-Islamic State -- Modes of production and social formations -- The ancient near-eastern state and the 'Asiatic mode of production' -- Early Islamic Arabia and the nomadic/conquestal mode of production -- The Umayyads and the lineage/iqta'i symbiosis -- The Abbasids and the iqta'i/mercantile symbiosis -- The Ottomans and the military/iqta'i symbiosis -- The Articulation of modes of production in the historical arabo-islamic state -- Politics and ideology in the historical Arabo-Islamic state -- 3. State Formation in the Modern Era: the Colonial/Indigenous Mix -- The European encroachment -- A colonial mode of production? -- State Formation in Egypt -- State Formation in the Levant -- State Formation in North Africa -- State Formation in Arabia and the Gulf -- 4. The Arab State: Territorial or Pan-Arabist? -- The pan-Arabist ideology -- Pan-Arabism and the 'state' -- The regional/functional approach -- The 'missing bourgeoisie' and the future of Arab unity -- 5. The Sociology of Articulated Modes: Community, Class and Polity -- Political culture or political economy? -- Social correlates of articulated modes -- A closer look at social classes -- Corporatism and state-society relations -- 6. The Political System of Articulated Forms: the Radical, Populist Republics -- Socialism or 233;tatisme -- Corporatist Devices: Macro and Micro -- Arab populisms in comparative perspective -- 7. The Political System of Articulated Forms: the Conservative, Kin-ordered Monarchies -- Rentier economies, rentier states -- Politics and Ideology: the kinship/religion symbiosis -- 'Political Tribalism': or corporatism Gulf-style -- 8. Civil-Military Relations -- Causes for military intervention -- Explaining the decline in coups -- The radical republics and the military-industrial complex -- The conservative monarchies and the military-tribal complex -- 9. Bureaucratic Growth: Development Versus Control -- Expansion in the economic role of the state -- Bureaucratic growth in the Arab countries -- Explaining the expansion -- The control functions of Arab bureaucracies -- 10. Economic Liberalisation and Privatisation: Is the Arab State Contracting? -- Modalities of privatisation -- Domestic versus international stimuli -- Country cases -- Arab liberalisations in comparative perspective -- The politics of economic adjustment -- 11. Prospects for Democracy: Is the Civil Society Striking Back? -- Cultural and intellectual requisities for democracy -- Socio-economic requisities for democracy -- Political correlates of economic liberalisation -- Manifestations of political liberalisation -- Country cases -- The Yemeni adventure -- Public/private; civil/civic -- 12. Conclusion: the 'Strong', the 'Hard' and the 'Fierce' -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: London New York : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 514 pages)
• Subjects: 320.956; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General; Politics and government; Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 1945-; Etats arabes -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1945-; Arab countries; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441681966; 1441681965; 1282751212; 9781282751217; 9780857715494; 0857715496
• Related ISBNs: 1850438285; 9781850438281
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 460-495) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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