Political regimes in the Arab world
Subtitle: society and the exercise of power
By: edited by Ferran Brichs
Series: Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics -- 45
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780415625661; 9780203102626
Subjects: Politics and government; Comparative government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: sociology of power in today's Arab world; title: Algeria: post-colonial power structure and reproduction of elites without renewal; title: Algeria: whither Algeria? two normalizations, three unresolved crises and two crucial unknowns; title: Morocco: the reinvention of an authoritarian system; title: Morocco: regime and fuses; title: Logics of power and the process of transition in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania; title: Mauritania's challenges; title: Contemporary Egypt: between reform and continuity; title: Egypt: from yesterday to the present; title: Saudi Arabia: family, religion, army and oil; title: The futures of Saudi Arabia; title: The Syrian ruling elite and the failure of the repressive trend; title: What does the future hold?; title: Elites, power and political change in post-war Lebanon; title: Lebanon: temporary or lasting peace?; title: Jordan: the survival of the monarchy; title: Jordan: a delicate domestic and regional equilibrium.