Political regimes in the Arab world society and the exercise of power /

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Other Authors / Creators:Izquierdo, Ferran.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Imprint: New York : Routledge, 2012.
Series:Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ; 45
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Online Access:Available in ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.