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The Arab world : society, culture, and state

Halim Isber Barakat (Author)
This comprehensive survey of Arab society, culture, and political life draws on a unique blend of field research and literary and qualitative analysis. Particularly helpful is the authors ability to link historical issues of social diversity and integration with the contemporary imperative to buide a new civil society characterized by broad-based political participation of all Arabs
Print Book, English, 1993
University of California Press, Berkeley, 1993
Book
xiii, 348 pages ; 24 cm
9780520079076, 9780520084278, 0520079078, 0520084276
26300272
Social and political integration : alternative visions of the future
Arab society : basic characteristic features
Arab identity : e pluribus unum
The continuity of old cleavages : tribe, village, city
Social classes : beyond the mosaic model
The Arab family and the challenge of change
Religion in society
Arab politics : its social context
National character and value orientations
Creative expression : society and literary orientations
Arab thought : problems of renewal, modernity, and transformation