Most of the papers were presented at an international conference held at Tel Aviv University in April 2001.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Political Community and State Structures : Europe and Japan in Comparative View / Paul Georg Geiss -- 2. A Historical-anthropological Look at Some Sociopolitical Problems of Second and Third World Countries / Dmitri M. Bondarenko and Andrey V. Korotayev -- 3. Informal Structures of Power (Clans) and Administration Models in the Post-Soviet and Post-colonial Worlds / Vladimir (Ze'ev) Khanin -- 4. Criminal Social Structures and Normative Society in Russia Today : A Growing Interaction / Igor Sledzevsky -- 5. Peronist Nationalism and the Hispanic Heritage in Argentina / Raanan Rein -- 6. National and State Identity in Syria / Eyal Zisser -- 7. Traditional Monarchy and the Emergence of Modern Nationalism : The Moroccan Experience / Daniel Zisenwein -- 8. 'Ulama and National Movements in the Middle East : Between Harmony and Dissent / Meir Hatina -- 9. Islamic Nationalism in Iran and Its Ideological, Military and Foreign-policy Aspects / Nugzar Ter-Organov -- 10. Communities of Ideas : Blyden, Senghor and the Evolution of the Discourse Between Pan-Africanism and Islam / Irit Back -- 11. Oil and Tribal Politics : Changing the Guard in Abu Dhabi / Uzi Rabbi -- 12. The Iraqi Kurds : Hour of Power? / Ofra Bengio.
Summary
The studies in this volume originated from an international conference on 'Community, Identity and the State' held at Tel Aviv University in 2001.
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