001399534 000__ 02522cam\a2200493Ia\4500 001399534 001__ 1399534 001399534 005__ 20220628100828.0 001399534 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001399534 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 001399534 008__ 220628s2012\\\\maua\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 001399534 010__ $$z2011045764 001399534 020__ $$a9780674065413$$qelectronic book 001399534 020__ $$z0674065832 001399534 020__ $$z9780674065833 001399534 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn794004244 001399534 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10568038 001399534 037__ $$a10.4159/harvard.9780674065413$$bDOI 001399534 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 001399534 05014 $$aDS39$$b.O84 2012eb 001399534 08204 $$a352.230917/4927$$223 001399534 1001_ $$aOwen, Roger,$$d1935- 001399534 24514 $$aThe rise and fall of Arab presidents for life$$h[electronic resource] /$$cRoger Owen. 001399534 260__ $$aCambridge, Mass. :$$bHarvard University Press,$$c2012. 001399534 300__ $$a1 online resource (xi, 248 p.) :$$bill., map. 001399534 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p.203-226) and index. 001399534 5050_ $$aThe search for sovereignty in an insecure world -- The origins of the presidential security state -- Basic components of the regimes -- Centralized state systems in Tunisia, Syria, Egypt, and Algeria -- Presidents as managers in Sudan, Libya, and Yemen -- Constrained presidencies in Lebanon and Iraq after Hussein -- The monarchical security states of Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain, and Oman -- The politics of succession -- The question of Arab exceptionalism -- The sudden fall. 001399534 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001399534 520__ $$aThe monarchical presidential regimes that prevailed in the Arab world for so long looked as though they would last indefinitely.until events in Tunisia and Egypt made clear their time was up. This book exposes for the first time the origins and dynamics of a governmental system that largely defined the Arab Middle East in the 20th century. 001399534 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 001399534 650_0 $$aAuthoritarianism$$zArab countries. 001399534 650_0 $$aAuthoritarianism$$zMiddle East. 001399534 650_0 $$aMonarchy$$zArab countries. 001399534 650_0 $$aMonarchy$$zMiddle East. 001399534 650_0 $$aPresidents$$zArab countries$$xHistory. 001399534 650_0 $$aPresidents$$zMiddle East$$xHistory. 001399534 651_0 $$aArab countries$$xKings and rulers. 001399534 651_0 $$aArab countries$$xPolitics and government$$y1945- 001399534 651_0 $$aMiddle East$$xKings and rulers. 001399534 651_0 $$aMiddle East$$xPolitics and government$$y1945- 001399534 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aOwen, Roger, 1935-$$tRise and fall of Arab presidents for life.$$dCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012$$z9780674065833$$w(DLC) 2011045764$$w(OCoLC)758383937 001399534 8520_ $$bacq 001399534 85280 $$bebk$$hHarvard University Press 001399534 85640 $$3Harvard University Press$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674065413$$zOnline Access 001399534 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:448642$$pGLOBAL_SET 001399534 980__ $$aEBOOK 001399534 980__ $$aBIB 001399534 982__ $$aEbook 001399534 983__ $$aOnline