Summary:

This book provides readers with a fresh analysis of the Arab state by
using a new theoretical framework: hybrid sovereignty. The author;
examines various areas to make his argument: citizenship, the issue
of minorities, electoral engineering, the failure of central rule,
tribalism, and the lack of impersonal bureaucratic mechanism.

Notes:

Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Series Editor's
Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Theoretical Framework;
2 Genesis of the Western Model in Kuwait, Jordan, and Iraq; 3 Kuwait:
A Nation in the Minority; 4 Jordan: The Competition of Different
Constituencies; 5 Iraq: Statehood in Catastrophe; 6 Final Remarks and
Projections; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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Dewey Class: 320.95609051 -- Political science
LCC Number: JA84

Book Details:

Physical Description: 285 p.
Edition Info: (electronic bk.)79.95 (NL)

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