Urban Unrest in the Middle East: A Comparative Study of Informal Networks in Egypt, Iran, and Lebanon Book

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	Introduction	1
Pt. I	Theoretical and Comparative Issues	11
1	Informal Networks and Political Stability: Old and New Perspectives	13
2	Urban Networks as Destabilizing Forces	21
Pt. II	Informal Networks in the Traditional Middle Eastern Urban Political Economy	27
3	Informal Networks as Integrative Force and Medium of Government in the Historic Middle Eastern City	29
4	Networks as Vehicles for Political Protest in the Historic Middle Eastern City	45
5	Urban Networks, ca. 1800 ca. 1940: Contrasting Egypt and Iran	55
6	The Politics of Informal Networks in the Historic Middle Eastern City: Concluding Observations	71
7	The Politics of Informal Networks and Loyalties in the Making of Modern-Day Lebanon	77
Pt. III	Informal Networks and Urban Unrest: Evidence From Egypt, Iran, and Lebanon since the 1940s	85
8	The Changing Organizational Bases of Urban Unrest in the Middle East since World War II: An Overview, with Special Reference to Egypt, Iran, and Lebanon	87
9	Patron-Client Networks and Urban Unrest in Iran, Lebanon, and Egypt	99
10	Occupational Networks and Political Conflict: The Iranian Bazaar	135
11	Religious Networks and Urban Unrest	149
	Conclusion	193
	Notes	225
	Appendix: Data on Urban Growth in the Middle East	259
	Bibliography	265
	Index	302