Political regimes in the Arab world  society and the exercise of power /  [electronic resource] : 
edited by Ferran Izquierdo Brichs. 
 - New York :  Routledge,  2013. 
 - x, 317 p. 
 - Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ;  45 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780203102626 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Comparative government.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Arab countries--Politics and government--1945-
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JQ1850.A58  / P66 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.917/4927