Arab society : social science perspectives / ed. by Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Nicholas S. Hopkins.

Rev. edition of: Arab society in transition. c1977.

Includes bibliographies.

The historical roots of Arab nationalism / Abd al-Aziz al-Duri -- The historical foundations of Arab nationalism / Samir Amin -- The assertion of Egyptian identity / Laila el-Hamamsy -- Decolonizing sociology in the Maghreb : usefulness and risks of a critical function / Taher Ben Jelloun -- The anthropologist in the field : a case of indigenous anthropology / Soraya Altorki -- Anthropology and development planning in the Sudan : the case of the Jonglei project / Abdel Ghaffar Ahmed -- The influence of reproduction norms on family size and fertility behavior in rural Egypt / Saad Gadalla -- Urbanization in the Arab world / Saad Eddin Ibrahim -- Emergence of a new urban society in the Maghreb / Fredj Stambouli -- Sudanese class formation and the demography of urban migration / Richard Lobban -- Recent migrations in the Arab world / Janet Abu Lughod -- Household, marriage and family life among the Al Murrah of Saudi Arabia / Donald Cole -- Family relationships in a harah in Cairo / Nawal al-Messiri Nadim -- The negotiation of reality : male-female relations in Sefrou, Morocco / Lawrence Rosen -- Family as security and bondage : a political strategy of the Lebanese working class / Suad Joseph -- Family strategies : a perspective of women's entry to the labor force in Egypt / Barbara Lethem Ibrahim -- The tribal concept in the central highlands of the Yemen Arab Republic / Najwa Adra -- Bedouin and social change in Saudi Arabia / Donald P. Cole -- The political economy of two Arab villages / Nicholas S. Hopkins -- Why Maghrebi peasants don't like land reform / Abdelkader Zghal -- State and peasants in Syria : a local view of a government irrigation project / Francoise Metral -- Qaddafi's theory and practice of nonrepresentative government / J. Davis -- Class analysis and Iraqi society / Hanna Batatu -- Palestinian intellectuals and revolutionary transformation / Khalil Nakhleh -- The economic and social factors in the Lebanese crisis / Iliya Harik -- From tribe to state in Bahrain / Fuad I. Khuri -- Change in religion in a resettled Nubian community in upper Egypt / Hussein Fahim -- Shaykhs and their inner secrets / Michael Gilsenan -- Problems of cultural authenticity and modernization in Islam / Mohammed Nowaihi -- Egypt's Islamic militants / Saad Eddin Ibrahim.