Political regimes in the Arab world [electronic resource] : society and the exercise of power / edited by Ferran Izquierdo Brichs.
Material type: TextSeries: Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ; 45Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2013Description: x, 317 pISBN: 9780203102626 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Comparative government | Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 1945-Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 320.917/4927 LOC classification: JQ1850.A58 | P66 2013Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: sociology of power in today's Arab world -- Algeria: post-colonial power structure and reproduction of elites without renewal -- Algeria: whither Algeria? two normalizations, three unresolved crises and two crucial unknowns -- Morocco: the reinvention of an authoritarian system --Morocco: regime and fuses -- Logics of power and the process of transition in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania -- Mauritania's challenges -- Contemporary Egypt: between reform and continuity -- Egypt: from yesterday to the present -- Saudi Arabia: family, religion, army and oil -- The futures of Saudi Arabia -- The Syrian ruling elite and the failure of the repressive trend -- What does the future hold? -- Elites, power and political change in post-war Lebanon -- Lebanon: temporary or lasting peace? -- Jordan: the survival of the monarchy -- Jordan: a delicate domestic and regional equilibrium.
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