Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1. Background to Change in the Yemen Arab Republic; The Traditional Setting; Economic Continuity and Change; Social Dimension; Political Environment; 2. The Politics of the Imamate; The Role of Personalities and Traditional Elites; Government and Institutions; The State, the Hinterland and the Outside World; 3. The Process of Political Change; The Evolution of Political Awareness and Attitudes; The Transformation of Dissent; The Experience of Civil War
4. The Political Dynamics of the RepublicDivision and Transformation; Reconciliation and Transition; The Officers and the Modernists; Changing Roles and Alliances; 5. State-building and Socio-economic Development; The Problem of Structural Legitimacy; Strategies for Development; The Government at the Beginning of the1980s; 6. Dilemmas of the 1980s; Obstacles to National Cohesion; Confronting the Obstacles; Paths Not Taken and the Quest for Legitimacy; Appendix A: Glossary; Appendix B: Chronology of Events (1918-1981); Bibliography; Index
