TY - BOOK AU - Selvik,Kjetil AU - Stenslie,Stig TI - Stability and change in the modern Middle East SN - 9781848855892 (pbk.) AV - 439 DS 63.18 S469s 2011 U1 - 956.054 PY - 2011/// CY - London, New York, New York PB - I.B. Tauris, Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan KW - Islam and politics KW - Middle East KW - Islam y la política KW - Oriente Medio KW - Politics and government KW - 21st century KW - Economic conditions KW - Foreign relations N1 - Originally published as: Stabilitetens pris. Bergen : Fagbokforlaget, 2007; Translated from Norwegian by John Meyrick; Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-284) and index; 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 ER -