The Arab state : dilemmas of late formation - Saouli, Adham (New York : Routledge, 2011)
States and social fields -- Constructing the Middle East: international anarchy, indigenous responses -- The late-forming state: ontology, dilemmas and conditions of survival -- Saudi Arabia: the survival of a homogeneous state -- Iraq: the survival of a divided state -- Conclusion: why states survive in the Middle East?
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: State, The -- Social aspects -- Arab countries; State, The -- Philosophy; Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 1945-