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Political regimes in the Arab world : society and the exercise of power / edited by Ferran Izquierdo Brichs.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics
- Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ; 45
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comparative government.
- Arab countries--Politics and government--1945-.
- Arab countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- One of the implications of Orientalism is that the Arab world, as a homogenous entity, is often analysed as an anomaly within the international system. This book argues that, despite their differences, societies across the globe ultimately construct their own history according to very similar dynamics and tensions. The methodological approach of this book, using different countries within the Arab world as models, offers the reader an analysis of relations between the elites and their opposition in a variety of settings. A definition of the political structure of each country is draw
- Contents:
- Introduction: sociology of power in today's Arab world
- Algeria: post-colonial power structure and reproduction of elites without renewal
- Algeria: whither Algeria? two normalizations, three unresolved crises and two crucial unknowns
- Morocco: the reinvention of an authoritarian system
- Morocco: regime and fuses
- Logics of power and the process of transition in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
- Mauritania's challenges
- Contemporary Egypt: between reform and continuity
- Egypt: from yesterday to the present
- Saudi Arabia: family, religion, army and oil
- The futures of Saudi Arabia
- The Syrian ruling elite and the failure of the repressive trend
- What does the future hold?
- Elites, power and political change in post-war Lebanon
- Lebanon: temporary or lasting peace?
- Jordan: the survival of the monarchy
- Jordan: a delicate domestic and regional equilibrium.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-71004-8
- 0-203-10262-2
- 1-136-24088-8
- 9780203102626
- OCLC:
- 817889479
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