War and state building in the Middle East /
This book addresses the strengths and weaknesses of the authoritarian-regime governments commonly found in the Middle East, particularly among oil-rich countries. In this region, war has interacted with processes of state making in ways that fundamentally differ from the European experience. In shor...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Gainesville :
University Press of Florida,
2011.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780813042138 0813042135 9780813040370 081304037X |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Understanding state making
- Iraq: from rentier state to failed state
- Jordan: rentierism and state survival
- The gulf states: from tribal sheikhdoms to sustainable states
- State failure and peace building.