Raymond Hinnebusch

Syria

Revolution From Above

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Produktbeschreibung

This study examines the development of hte Syrian state as it has emerged inder thirty-five years of military-Ba'thist rule and, particularly, under president Hafiz al-Asad. It analyzes the way in which the fragility of the post-independence state, unable to contain rising nationalist struggle and class conflict, opened the way to the Ba'th's "revolution from above" transformed Syria's socio-political terrain. the mixed strategy of power concentration under Asad is then examined and the way in which the creation of a presidential monarchy buttressed by trusted kin and clients commanding instruments of repression was combined with the creation of Lenisit-like political organization incorporating a rural constituency. Susequent state-society realtions, including the rise of a new class, Islamic rebellion, the survival of civil society and Asad's resort to political decompression as a substitute for democratization are then surveyed. The author moves on to assess the political economy of economic development, showing how agrarian reform, industrialization and economic liberlization created a more equitable and diverse but fundamentally flawed state-dominated economy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 473g
• ISBN-13: 9780415267793
• ISBN-10: 041526779X
• Artikelnr.: 22017344

Autorenporträt

Raymond Hinnebusch

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Conceptualizing the Syrian Ba'th State 1. The Formation of
Modern Syria 2. The Ba'th Revolution (1963-1970) 3. Power and Politics
under Asad 4. State-Society Relations under Asad 5. The Political Economy
of Development 6. Syrian Foreign Policy