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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970108903321

Titolo

State and society in the Second and Third Worlds : comparative and case studies from Africa, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East / / editor, Moshe Gammer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Portland, OR, : Frank Cass, 2004

ISBN

1-135-76609-6

1-280-10394-9

0-203-31232-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GammerM

Disciplina

320.54/0172/4

Soggetti

Nationalism

Cross-cultural studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Most of the papers were presented at an international conference held at Tel Aviv University in April 2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Political Community and State Structures: Europe and Japan in Comparative View; A Historical-anthropological Look at Some Sociopolitical Problems of Second and Third World Countries; Informal Structures of Power (Clans) and Administration Models in the Post-Soviet and Post-colonial Worlds; Criminal Social Structures and Normative Society in Russia Today: A Growing Interaction; Peronist Nationalism and the Hispanic Heritage in Argentina; National and State Identity in Syria

Traditional Monarchy and the Emergence of Modern Nationalism: The Moroccan Experience'Ulama and National Movements in the Middle East: Between Harmony and Dissent; Islamic Nationalism in Iran and Its Ideological, Military and Foreign-policy Aspects; Communities of Ideas: Blyden, Senghor and the Evolution of the Discourse Between Pan-Africanism and Islam; Oil and Tribal Politics: Changing the Guard in Abu Dhabi; The Iraqi Kurds: Hour of Power?; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The studies in this volume originated from an international conference on 'Community, Identity and the State' held at Tel Aviv University in 2001. The first two chapters examine whether modernisation, Westernisation and democratisation are identical, and whether



democracy is connected to a certain, specific type of social structure. The third examines similarities in the political, economic and social development of 'Second World' and 'Third World' countries, while the fourth discusses the relationship between criminal and 'normal' structures in Russian society. Subsequent chapters focus on na