State, power and politics in the making of the modern Middle East / Roger Owen.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-271) and index

I.- States and state-building: The end of empires: the emergence of the modern Middle Eastern states-- The growth of state power in the Arab world: the single-party regimes-- The growth of state power in the Arab world under family rule, and the Lbyan altrnative-- Arab nationalism, Arab unity and the practice of intra-Arab state relations-- State and politics in Israel, Iran and Turkey from the Second World War-- The remaking of the Middle Eastern political environment between the two Gulf Wars. II.- Themes in contemporarary Middle Eastern politics: The politics of economic restructuring-- Parties, elections and the vexed question of democracy in the Arab world-- The politics of religious revival-- The military in and out of politics-- Some important non-state actors-- III.- The impact of the 11september attacks : America attempts to remake the Middle East-- Conclusion: the Middle East at the beginning of the twenty-first century.