Saouli, Adham. <br/><br/>
The Arab state :  dilemmas of late formation / 
Adham Saouli. 
 - New York :  Routledge,  2011. 
 - 158 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ;  39 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>States and social fields -- Constructing the Middle East: international anarchy, indigenous responses -- The late-forming state: ontology, dilemmas and conditions of survival -- Saudi Arabia: the survival of a homogeneous state -- Iraq: the survival of a divided state -- Conclusion: why states survive in the Middle East? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415602952 (hbk.)  RM369.75 9780203151181 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011-024201 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>State, The--Social aspects--Arab countries.<br/>State, The--Philosophy.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Arab countries--Politics and government--1945-