Government and Politics of the Contemporary Middle East: Continuity and change
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Notes on authors -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Middle East politics: patterns of continuity and change -- Part I: Dynamics in Middle East politics -- Chapter 2: The burden of history: from empire to nation states? -- Chapter 3: The legacy of Islam: continuity and change -- Part II: The Northern Belt -- Chapter 4: The Republic of Turkey -- Chapter 5: The Islamic Republic of Iran -- Part III: The Fertile Crescent -- Chapter 6: The Republic of Iraq -- Chapter 7: The Syrian Arab Republic and the Lebanese Republic -- Chapter 8: Israel and Palestine -- Part IV: West and east of the Red Sea -- Chapter 9: The Arab Republic of Egypt -- Chapter 10: The Arab Gulf states and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) -- Index.