| Syria: Revolution From Above Contributor(s): Hinnebusch, Raymond (Author) |
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ISBN: 041526779X ISBN-13: 9780415267793 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $180.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2001 Annotation: This study examines the development of hte Syrian state as it has emerged inder thirty-five years of military-Ba'thist rule and, particularly, under president Hafiz al-Asad. It analyzes the way in which the fragility of the post-independence state, unable to contain rising nationalist struggle and class conflict, opened the way to the Ba'th's "revolution from above" transformed Syria's socio-political terrain. the mixed strategy of power concentration under Asad is then examined and the way in which the creation of a presidential monarchy buttressed by trusted kin and clients commanding instruments of repression was combined with the creation of Lenisit-like political organization incorporating a rural constituency. Susequent state-society realtions, including the rise of a new class, Islamic rebellion, the survival of civil society and Asad's resort to political decompression as a substitute for democratization are then surveyed. The author moves on to assess the political economy of economic development, showing how agrarian reform, industrialization and economic liberlization created a more equitable and diverse but fundamentally flawed state-dominated economy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | History & Theory - General - History | Middle East - General |
| Dewey: 956.910 |
| LCCN: 2011283720 |
| Series: Contemporary Middle East |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6" W x 9" (0.89 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study examines the development of the Syrian state as it has emerged under thirty-five years of military-Ba'thist rule and, particularly, under President Hafiz al-Asad. It analyzes the way in which the fragility of the post-independence state, unable to contain rising nationalist struggle and class conflict, opened the way to the Ba'th party's rise to power and examines how the Ba'th's 'revolution from above' transformed Syria's socio-political terrain. |