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The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life / Roger Owen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.Description: xi, 248 p. : ill., map ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780674065833 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 352.2309174927 23 OWE
Contents:
The search for sovereignty in an insecure world -- The origins of the presidential security state -- Basic components of the regimes -- Centralized state systems in Tunisia, Syria, Egypt, and Algeria -- Presidents as managers in Sudan, Libya, and Yemen -- Constrained presidencies in Lebanon and Iraq after Hussein -- The monarchical security states of Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain, and Oman -- The politics of succession -- The question of Arab exceptionalism -- The sudden fall.
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Book - Borrowing Book - Borrowing Central Library First floor THe Middle East Observer 352.2309174927 OWE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 001341 Available 000027968
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-226) and index.

The search for sovereignty in an insecure world -- The origins of the presidential security state -- Basic components of the regimes -- Centralized state systems in Tunisia, Syria, Egypt, and Algeria -- Presidents as managers in Sudan, Libya, and Yemen -- Constrained presidencies in Lebanon and Iraq after Hussein -- The monarchical security states of Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain, and Oman -- The politics of succession -- The question of Arab exceptionalism -- The sudden fall.

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