Sociology of the Middle East : a stocktaking and interpretation / by C. A. O. van Nieuwenhuijze.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 803-808) and index.

I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION : 1. Enter : the sociology of the Middle East - General sociological theory and the specificity of cultures - The Middle East as a culture area - A note on terminology -- PART ONE. FEATURES OF THE MIDDLE EAST AS A REGION AND AS A CULTURE AREA : II. ECOLOGY : THE MIDDLE EAST AS A REGION : Introduction - Natural setting - Communications - Resources - Human densities - The man - land relationship - Tables - III. HISTORY : THE MIDDLE EAST AS A CULTURE AREA : Cultural determinants - Languages - Centres of gravitation -- PART TWO. A COMPARATIVE SURVEY OF SUB - AREAS : IV . INTRODUCTION TO Part Two - V. THE FERTILE CRESCENT : Introduction - Iraq - Syria - Lebanon - Jordan - Israel - The Kurds - VI. EGYPT - VII. THE ARABIAN PENINSULA - VIII. THE IRANIAN PLATEAU : Iran - Afghanistan - IX. TURKEY - X. NORTH-AFRICA : The Maghrib - Libya -- PART THREE. DIMENSIONS OF MORPHOLOGY : XI. UNITS OF COMMON LIVING : Introductory remarks - The family - Tribal society - The village - The city - Empire - The community of Islam - The state-nation - Associations - XII. CULTURE UNITS : Introductory remarks - The culture majority - Minorities - XIII. CATEGORIES BY MUTUAL DIFFERENTIATION : Introductory remarks - Basic concepts - Intermediate categories - The commoners - The top - A category aside: woman - An emergent category: youth - Dual factions -- PART FOUR. MODALITIES OF CONTINUITY : XIV. COHESION AND PERSISTENCE : The perception of social order; social control; security - Authority - The military - Public affairs and participation - XV. THE CURRENT APPEARANCE OF CHANGE : The perception of change - The upsurge of ideology - Development goals - Prospects -- Maps.