A study of how feudalism works in a contemporary Arab society, examining the hierarchy of Lebanese warlords. The book shows how the warlords have adapted to changing economic conditions in Lebanon, and examines the nature of competition between them, and how they control elections.
What kind of society was Iran before the constitutional revolution of 1906, feudal or despotic? The author assesses both arguments, examining the works of high social theory from which this controversy derives and developing new concepts to analyze state and social relations in pre-Capitalist Iran.
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