Syria--ballots or bullets?
Subtitle: democracy, Islamism, and secularism in the Levant
By: by Carsten Wieland.
Edition: 1st US ed.
Publisher: Cune Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Syria -- Politics and government -- 2000-; Syria -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Syria -- Social conditions -- 1971-
Work titles: Syrien nach dem Irak-Krieg.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Wrested from slumber; title: Bashar and breaches in the leadership; title: The pillars of regime legitimacy; title: Pro-Palestinian rhetoric; title: Pan-Arab rhetoric; title: Secularism; title: Religious minorities; title: Domestic security; title: Social balance; title: Bashar : chaos in Iraq; title: The negative balance; title: Political disillusionment; title: The economic time bomb; title: Human rights violations; title: Corruption; title: Che Guevara not Usama : Syrian society and Western ideals; title: Excursus : secularism in Syria; title: Is Baathism bankrupt?; title: Opposition, Islam, and the regime; title: The secularist; title: The Islamists; title: The new Islamic alternative; title: Syria the rogue state?; title: The Palestinian issue; title: Iraq and the border issue; title: The Golan and Lebanon; title: Contradictory US policy; title: Political options for the European Union.