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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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