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

• Pubblicazione: Portland, OR, : Frank Cass, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.54/0172/4
• Soggetto topico: Nationalism; Cross-cultural studies
• Altri autori: GammerM
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: State and society in the Second and Third Worlds
• ISBN: 1-135-76609-6; 1-280-10394-9; 0-203-31232-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910970108903321
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