000448642 000__ 02554cam\a2200493Ia\4500 000448642 001__ 448642 000448642 005__ 20220628100818.0 000448642 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000448642 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000448642 008__ 120827s2012\\\\maua\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000448642 010__ $$z2011045764 000448642 020__ $$a9780674065413$$qelectronic book 000448642 020__ $$z0674065832 000448642 020__ $$z9780674065833 000448642 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn794004244 000448642 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10568038 000448642 037__ $$a10.4159/harvard.9780674065413$$bDOI 000448642 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000448642 05014 $$aDS39$$b.O84 2012eb 000448642 08204 $$a352.230917/4927$$223 000448642 1001_ $$aOwen, Roger,$$d1935- 000448642 24514 $$aThe rise and fall of Arab presidents for life$$h[electronic resource] /$$cRoger Owen. 000448642 260__ $$aCambridge, Mass. :$$bHarvard University Press,$$c2012. 000448642 300__ $$a1 online resource (xi, 248 p.) :$$bill., map. 000448642 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p.203-226) and index. 000448642 5050_ $$aThe search for sovereignty in an insecure world -- The origins of the presidential security state -- Basic components of the regimes -- Centralized state systems in Tunisia, Syria, Egypt, and Algeria -- Presidents as managers in Sudan, Libya, and Yemen -- Constrained presidencies in Lebanon and Iraq after Hussein -- The monarchical security states of Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain, and Oman -- The politics of succession -- The question of Arab exceptionalism -- The sudden fall. 000448642 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000448642 520__ $$aThe monarchical presidential regimes that prevailed in the Arab world for so long looked as though they would last indefinitely.until events in Tunisia and Egypt made clear their time was up. This book exposes for the first time the origins and dynamics of a governmental system that largely defined the Arab Middle East in the 20th century. 000448642 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000448642 650_0 $$aAuthoritarianism$$zArab countries. 000448642 650_0 $$aAuthoritarianism$$zMiddle East. 000448642 650_0 $$aMonarchy$$zArab countries. 000448642 650_0 $$aMonarchy$$zMiddle East. 000448642 650_0 $$aPresidents$$zArab countries$$xHistory. 000448642 650_0 $$aPresidents$$zMiddle East$$xHistory. 000448642 651_0 $$aArab countries$$xKings and rulers. 000448642 651_0 $$aArab countries$$xPolitics and government$$y1945- 000448642 651_0 $$aMiddle East$$xKings and rulers. 000448642 651_0 $$aMiddle East$$xPolitics and government$$y1945- 000448642 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aOwen, Roger, 1935-$$tRise and fall of Arab presidents for life.$$dCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012$$z9780674065833$$w(DLC) 2011045764$$w(OCoLC)758383937 000448642 8520_ $$bacq 000448642 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central 000448642 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3301094$$zOnline Access 000448642 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:448642$$pGLOBAL_SET 000448642 980__ $$aEBOOK 000448642 980__ $$aBIB 000448642 982__ $$aEbook 000448642 983__ $$aOnline