Over-stating the Arab state: politics and society in the Middle East

Abstract

Part 1 The Middle East and the debate - a conceptual framework: the debate the in comparative perspective the non-individualistic path to the the Arabs and the issue of the schematic argument and conceptual framework. Part 2 Modes of and the origins of the Arabo-Islamic state: modes of and social formations the ancient Near-Eastern and the Asiatic mode of production early Islamic Arabia and the nomadic/conquestal mode of 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 in the historical Arabo-Islamic politics and ideology in the historical Arabo-Islamic state. Part 3 State formation in the modern era - the colonial/indigenous mix: the European encroachment a colonial mode of production? formation in Egypt formation in the Levant formation in North Africa formation in Arabia and the Gulf. Part 4 The Arab - 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. Part 5 The sociology of articulated modes - community, class and polity: culture or economy? social correlates of articulated modes a closer look at social class corporatism and - society relations. Part 6 The system of articulated forms - the radical, populist republics: socialism or elatisme? corporatist devices - macro and micro Arab populisms in comparative perspective. Part 7 The 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. Part 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. Part 9 Bureaucratic growth - development versus control: expansion in the economic role of the bureaucratic growth in the Arab countries explaining the expansion the control functions of Arab bureaucracies. Part 10 Economic liberalization and privatization - is the Arab contracting?: modalities or privatization domestic versus international stimuli country cases Arab liberalizations in comparative perspective the politics of economic adjustment. Part 11 Prospects for democracy - is the civil society striking back?: cultural and intellectual requisites for democracy socio-economic requisites for democracy correlates of economic liberalization country cases the Yemeni adventure public/private, civil/civic. Part 12 Conclusion - the strong, the hard and the fierce.