TY - JOUR AU - Osadcha, Y. PY - 2017/11/15 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - CULTURAL APPROACH TO ANALYZING STATE BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE EAST JF - The Journal of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Issues of Political Science JA - VP VL - 31 IS - 0 SE - GLOBAL PROBLEMS OF OUR TIME DO - UR - https://periodicals.karazin.ua/politology/article/view/9598 SP - 96-99 AB - The article examines the characteristics of the cultural approach to describing Middle East politics and the process of state building. Both – advantages and disadvantages of this approach are analyzed. The author states that religion itself cannot be a major factor, which determines the development and internal structure of political institutions as well as the probability of democratization of the Middle Eastern regimes. ER -