The rise and fall of Arab presidents for life [electronic resource] / Roger Owen.
Owen, Roger, 1935-
2012
DS39 .O84 2012eb
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Title The rise and fall of Arab presidents for life [electronic resource] / Roger Owen.
Author Owen, Roger, 1935-
ISBN 9780674065413 electronic book
0674065832
9780674065833
Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xi, 248 p.) : ill., map.
Call Number DS39 .O84 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 352.230917/4927
Summary The monarchical presidential regimes that prevailed in the Arab world for so long looked as though they would last indefinitely.until events in Tunisia and Egypt made clear their time was up. This book exposes for the first time the origins and dynamics of a governmental system that largely defined the Arab Middle East in the 20th century.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p.203-226) and index.
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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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