Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Political community and state structures : Europe and Japan in comparative view / Paul Georg Geiss -- 2. A historical-anthropological look at some sociopolitical problems of second and third world countries / Dmitri M. Bondarenko and Andrey V. Korotayev -- 3. Informal structures of power (clans) and administration models in the post-Soviet and post-colonial worlds / Vladimir (Ze'ev) Khanin -- 4. Criminal social structures and normative society in Russia today : a growing interaction / Igor Sledzevsky -- 5. Peronist nationalism and the Hispanic heritage in Argentina / Raanan Rein -- 6. National and state identity in Syria / Eyal Zisser -- 7. Traditional monarchy and the emergence of modern nationalism : the Moroccan experience / Daniel Zisenwein -- 8. 'Ulama and national movements in the Middle East : between harmony and dissent / Meir Hatina -- 9. Islamic nationalism in Iran and its ideological, military and foreign-policy aspects / Nugzar Ter-Organov -- 10. Communities of ideas : Blyden, Senghor and the evolution of the discourse between Pan-Africanism and Islam / Irit Back -- 11. Oil and tribal politics : changing the guard in Abu Dhabi / Uzi Rabbi -- 12. The Iraqi Kurds : hour of power? / Ofra Bengio.

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