Authoritarianism in Syria : : Institutions and Social Conflict, 1946–1970 /

Authoritarianism in Syria : : Institutions and Social Conflict, 1946–1970 / / Steven Heydemann.

For almost forty years Syria has been ruled by a populist authoritarian regime under the Ba'th Party, led since 1970 by President Hafiz al-Asad. The durability and resilience of this regime is a striking contrast to the instability and intense social conflict that preceded the Bath's seizu...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
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Heydemann, Steven,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©1999
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.) :; 15 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Successful Authoritarianism? Syria in Comparative Perspective
  • 2. The Rise and Decline of the Idea of a Social Pact
  • 3. State, Capital, and the Organization of Social Conflict
  • 4. Building the Institutions of Populist Authoritarian Rule
  • 5. Corporatism and Countermobilization
  • 6. Authoritarian Legacies and the Failure of Controlled Liberalism
  • 7. Consolidating Populist Authoritarian Rule
  • 8. Interests and Institutions in the Persistence of Syrian Authoritarianism
  • Index

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