Constructing international relations in the Arab world / Fred H. Lawson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawson, Fred Haley, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab countries--Politics and government--20th century.

Arab countries.

Arab countries--Foreign relations--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Arab nationalist movements first considered establishing a unified regional arrangement to take the empire's place and present a common front to outside powers. This book explores the emergence of an anarchic states-system in the twentieth-century Arab world.

Contents:

Introduction: origins of states-systems

Westphalian sovereignty comes to the Arab world

Regulation, surveillance, and state formation

Commercial interests and elite bargains

Domestic conflict and regime maintenance

Conclusion: Pan-Arabism, postimperial orders, and international norms.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-203) and index.

ISBN:

0-8047-6802-1

1-4294-5690-6

OCLC:

614927752