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008			111107s2012 mauab b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2011045764
020			_a9780674065833 (alk. paper)
082	0	0	_a352.2309174927 _223 _bOWE
100	1		_aOwen, Roger, _d1935- _929466
245	1	4	_aThe Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life / _cRoger Owen.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. : _bHarvard University Press, _c2012.
300			_axi, 248 p. : _bill., map ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 217-226) and index.
505	0		_aThe 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.
650		0	_aPresidents _zArab countries _xHistory. _932300
650		0	_aPresidents _zMiddle East _xHistory. _932301
650		0	_aMonarchy _zArab countries. _932302
650		0	_aMonarchy _zMiddle East. _932303
650		0	_aAuthoritarianism _zArab countries. _932304
651		0	_aArab countries _xPolitics and government _y1945- _932306
651		0	_aMiddle East _xPolitics and government _y1945- _932307
651		0	_aArab countries _xKings and rulers. _932308
651		0	_aMiddle East _xKings and rulers. _932309
653			_bPol _cJanuary2013
650		0	_932305 _aAuthoritarianism _zMiddle East
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