The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life / / Roger Owen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Complete Package 2014
• VerfasserIn: Owen, Roger,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 2nd edition. With a New Afterword
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (282 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Introduction --; 1. The Search for Sovereignty in an Insecure World --; 2. The Origins of the Presidential Security State --; 3. Basic Components of the Regimes --; 4. Centralized State Systems in Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, and Algeria --; 5. Presidents as Managers in Libya, Sudan, and Yemen --; 6. Constrained Presidencies in Lebanon and Iraq after Hussein --; 7. The Monarchical Security States of Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain, and Oman --; 8. The Politics of Succession --; 9. The Question of Arab Exceptionalism --; 10. The Sudden Fall --; Conclusion --; Afterword --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674504882; 9783110369526; 9783110370416
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674504882
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Roger Owen.