8vo. [7], 310 pp., maps, tables, cloth in slightly torn d/w, index, copy inside in mint condition, Schenkman Publishing Co. Cambridge, Mass. first edition, 1975.

Synopsis

Contents: Political elites and political development in the Middle East / Frank Tachau — Elites and modernization in Turkey / Joseph S. Szyliowicz — Egypt: neo-patrimonial elite / Shahrough Akhavi — Syria: downfall of a traditional elite / Michael H. Van Dusen — Saudi Arabia: survival of traditional elites / Manfred W. Wenner — Political elite of Iran: a second stratum? / Marvin Zonis — Israel: the persistent elite / Efraim Torgovnik — Algeria: a post-revolutionary elite / I. William Zartman.