State atrophy in Syria : war, society and institutional change / Harout Akdedian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Akdedian, Harout, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Syria--Politics and government--2000-.

Syria.

Syria--History--Civil War, 2011---Causes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 270 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2023.

Summary:

How do governments contribute to galvanizing public hostility against state institutions? And what are the consequences of undermining the state as a strategy for political change?<br><br><i>State Atrophy in Syria</i> highlights how the appropriation of state institutions by public officials limits public capacity to demand accountability from government without having to challenge the state or its institutions. This creates consequential trade-offs for the public. As the Syrian case demonstrates, the undermining of state institutions failed to depose the dictatorship, continuously benefitted Assad's foreign allies, Russia and Iran, and engendered unprecedented levels of predatory practices against the public.<br><br>As Syria continues to play a strategic role on the world's political stage, the book outlines the country's tragic decade and derives lessons for state-society relations in Syria and beyond.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction: On Abolition, State Capture and Atrophy

1 State Capture and Devolution in Syria: A Paradoxical Landscape

2 Institutions of Violence and Proliferation

3 Ethno-religious Subjectivities: Dynamics of Communitarianism and Sectarianisation

4 Institutional Ecologies during State Atrophy: The Religious Field as Case Study

5 Civilian Agency and its Limits: Community Protection in Deir Hafer and Kasab

Conclusion: The Future of State-Society Relations

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Mar 2025).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Akdedian, Harout State Atrophy in Syria

ISBN:

1-3995-1028-2

1-3995-1029-0