The politics of social change in the Middle East and North Africa /
"An attempt to analyze the cause and character of a profound revolution taking place from Morocco to Pakistan. This Report examines the forces, groups, ideas, and institutions now in motion and estimates the direction which politics may take in the future in the area. While the transformation h...
| Основен автор: | Halpern, Manfred. |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
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Princeton, N.J.:
Princeton University Press,
1963.
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Съдържание:
- Part I. The legacy of the past and the claims of the present. 1. The inheritence of the Islamic Community
- 2. The challenge of the modern age to Islam
- - Part II. The changing structure of society. 3. Kings, landlords, and the traditional bourgeoisie: the declining elite
- 4. The new Middle class as the principal revolutionary and stabilized force
- 5. Peasants: the silent majority at the threshold of politics
- 6. Workers: the growing tide of the unskilled and unemployed
- - Part III. The range of political choices. 7. Amending the past: reformist Islam
- 8. Resurrecting the past: neo-islamic totalitarianism
- 9. Towards a new age of certainty: communist totalitarianism
- 10. From unorganized insecurity to organized insecurity: nationalism
- 11. Transforming the present: the quest for freedom and authority
- 12. Transforming the present: socialism for the few, for the many, or for the aggrandizement of the state?
- - Part IV. Instruments of political modernization. 13. The army
- 14. Political parties
- 15. Trade unions
- 16. The civil bureaucracy
- - Part V. The cost and consequences of Middle Eastern choices domestically, regionally, and internationally. 17. The price of political stability
- 18. Regional rivalry and the prospects for unity
- 19. The international orientation of the Middle East.