Ghassan Salame is professor of International Relations at the Institut d'etudes politiques, Sciences Po, France (1986-) and joint professor at Columbia University, New York, USA (2008-).

• Introduction Ghassan SalamePart 1 1. The Origins of the Arab State System Iliya Harik 2. Alien and Besieged Yet Here to Stay: The Contradictions of the Arab Territorial State Bahgat Korany 3. State-building and Regime Performance in the Greater Maghreb Elbaki HermassiPart 2 4. State and Authority in Arabic Political Thought Charles E. Butterworth 5. Notions of the State in Contemporary Arab-Islamic Writings Fahmi Jadaane 6. Al-Watan and Al-Umma in Contemporary Arab Use Said BensaidPart 3 7. Changing Perceptions of State Authority: Morocco, Egypt and Oman Dale F. Eickelman 8. 'Strong' and 'Weak' States, a Qualified Return to the Muqaddimah Ghassan Salame

Ghassan Salame is professor of International Relations at the Institut d'etudes politiques, Sciences Po, France (1986-) and joint professor at Columbia University, New York, USA (2008-).

• Introduction Ghassan SalamePart 1 1. The Origins of the Arab State System Iliya Harik 2. Alien and Besieged Yet Here to Stay: The Contradictions of the Arab Territorial State Bahgat Korany 3. State-building and Regime Performance in the Greater Maghreb Elbaki HermassiPart 2 4. State and Authority in Arabic Political Thought Charles E. Butterworth 5. Notions of the State in Contemporary Arab-Islamic Writings Fahmi Jadaane 6. Al-Watan and Al-Umma in Contemporary Arab Use Said BensaidPart 3 7. Changing Perceptions of State Authority: Morocco, Egypt and Oman Dale F. Eickelman 8. 'Strong' and 'Weak' States, a Qualified Return to the Muqaddimah Ghassan Salame

Ghassan Salame is professor of International Relations at the Institut d'etudes politiques, Sciences Po, France (1986-) and joint professor at Columbia University, New York, USA (2008-).

• Introduction Ghassan SalamePart 1 1. The Origins of the Arab State System Iliya Harik 2. Alien and Besieged Yet Here to Stay: The Contradictions of the Arab Territorial State Bahgat Korany 3. State-building and Regime Performance in the Greater Maghreb Elbaki HermassiPart 2 4. State and Authority in Arabic Political Thought Charles E. Butterworth 5. Notions of the State in Contemporary Arab-Islamic Writings Fahmi Jadaane 6. Al-Watan and Al-Umma in Contemporary Arab Use Said BensaidPart 3 7. Changing Perceptions of State Authority: Morocco, Egypt and Oman Dale F. Eickelman 8. 'Strong' and 'Weak' States, a Qualified Return to the Muqaddimah Ghassan Salame