Stability and change in the modern Middle East /

Selvik, Kjetil.

Stability and change in the modern Middle East / Kjetil Selvik and Stig Stenslie. - London ; New York : New York : I.B. Tauris ; Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. - 292 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

Originally published as: Stabilitetens pris. Bergen : Fagbokforlaget, 2007. Translated from Norwegian by John Meyrick.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-284) and index.

Historical background. Troubled heritage -- Society and state. Class ; Ethnicity -- The quest for legitimacy. Reformism ; Islamism -- Institutions and power. Monarchies ; Republics -- Scenarios of change. Democratisation ; Breakdown.

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Islam and politics--Middle East.
Islam y la política--Oriente Medio.


Middle East--Politics and government--21st century.
Middle East--Economic conditions--21st century.
Middle East--Foreign relations--21st century.

439 DS 63.18 / S469s 2011

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