Tribes and state formation in the Middle East
By: edited by Philip S. Khoury and Joseph Kostiner.
Contributors: Khoury, Philip S. 1949-; Kostiner, Joseph.; Massachusetts Institute of Technology.; Harvard University.; Conference on Tribes and State Formation in the Middle East (1987 : Cambridge, Mass.)
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
Subjects: Tribal government -- Middle East -- History -- Congresses; Tribes -- Government policy -- Middle East -- History -- Congresses; Islam and state -- Middle East -- History -- Congresses; Middle East -- Politics and government -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: Offering a fuller understanding of the complexities and particular patterns of state formation in regions where tribes have exercised a significant influence, this volume focuss on the continuing existence of tribal structures and systems in contemporary times, within contemporary nation-states. The contributors offer hypotheses as to why these groups have managed to survive and what impact they have had on modern states [...] --backcover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-334) and index.
Rev. papers from the Conference on Tribes and State Formation in the Middle East sponsored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, held in Cambridge, Mass., in Nov. 1987.