Machine generated contents note: 1.The Structure of Arab Society: Tribes and Artificial States -- 2.The Ottoman Heritage -- 3.Authoritarian Rule in the Islamic World -- 4.The Caliphate and the Ideal of the Islamic State -- 5.The Globalization of Information and the World Media -- 6.Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia, Pakistan, and the Republican Model -- 7.Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, Morocco, Jordan, and the Monarchical Model -- 8.Syria, Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, and the Tribal Model -- 9.Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, and the Shi'ite Model -- 10.Algeria, Mali, Sudan, Somalia, the Palestinians, and the Revolutionary Model.