War, Institutions, and Social Change in the Middle East

by Heydemann, Steven; Joint Committee on the Near and Middle East

• ISBN13: 9780520224216
• ISBN10: 0520224213
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

A fresh look at the effects of war on state and society in the Middle East, challenging traditional assumptions based on European experience. The authors argue that war has destabilized Middle Eastern states and eroded national cohesion.

Author Biography

Steven Heydemann is Associate Professor of Political Science at Columbia University in New York City

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
War, Institutions, and Social Change in the Middle East	1	(32)
Steven Heydemann
PART ONE WAR, STATE, AND MARKETS IN THE MIDDLE EAST: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF WORLD WARS I AND II
Guns, Gold, and Grain: War and Food Supply in the Making of Transjordan	33	(26)
Tariq Tell
The Climax and Crisis of the Colonial Welfare State in Syria and Lebanon during World War II	59	(41)
Elizabeth Thompson
War, Keynesianism, and Colonialism: Explaining State-Market Relations in the Postwar Middle East	100	(49)
Robert Vitalis
Steven Heydemann
PART TWO WAR, STATE, AND SOCIETY IN THE CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EAST
Si Vis Stabilitatem, Para Bellum: State Building, National Security, and War Preparation in Syria	149	(25)
Volker Perthes
Changing Boundaries and Social Crisis: Israel and the 1967 War	174	(26)
Joel S. Migdal
War as Leveler, War as Midwife: Palestinian Political Institutions, Nationalism, and Society since 1948	200	(40)
Yezid Sayigh
War in the Social Memory of Egyptian Peasants	240	(18)
Reem Saad
War as a Vehicle for the Rise and Demise of a State-Controlled Society: The Case of Ba`thist Iraq	258	(34)
Isam al-Khafaji
The Political Economy of Civil War in Lebanon	292	(33)
Elizabeth Picard
PART THREE. CONCLUSION
The Cumulative Impact of Middle Eastern Wars	325	(10)
Roger Owen
Selected Bibliography	335	(22)
List of Contributors	357	(4)
Index	361