Syria under Bashar al-Asad
Subtitle: modernisation and the limits of change
By: Volker Perthes.
Contributors: International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Series: Adelphi paper ;; 366; Adelphi papers;; no. 366.
Publisher: Oxford University Press for the International Institute for Strategic Studies
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 78
Subjects: Assad, Bashar, 1965-; Geopolitics -- Syria.; Syria -- Politics and government -- 2000-; Syria -- Economic conditions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [69]-77).
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Syria in a period of change; title: Chapter 1. Managing modernisation: domestic politics and the limits of change; title: Chapter 2. Economic challenges and policy responses; title: Chapter 3. Coping with external challenges; title: Conclusion: Domestic demands and regional risks.