Selvik, Kjetil. <br/><br/>
Stability and change in the modern Middle East / 
Kjetil Selvik and Stig Stenslie. 
 - London ;  New York :  New York :  I.B. Tauris ;  Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,  2011. 
 - 292 p. :  maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published as: Stabilitetens pris. Bergen : Fagbokforlaget, 2007.  Translated from Norwegian by John Meyrick. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-284) and index. 
<br/><br/>Historical background. Troubled heritage -- Society and state. Class ; Ethnicity -- The quest for legitimacy. Reformism ; Islamism -- Institutions and power. Monarchies ; Republics -- Scenarios of change. Democratisation ; Breakdown. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781848855892 (pbk.) 1848855893 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Islam and politics--Middle East.<br/>Islam y la política--Oriente Medio.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Middle East--Politics and government--21st century.<br/>Middle East--Economic conditions--21st century.<br/>Middle East--Foreign relations--21st century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>439 DS 63.18  / S469s 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>956.054