The rise and fall of Arab presidents for life /

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Monarchical presidential regimes in the Arab world looked as though they would last indefinitely--until events in Tunisia and Egypt made clear their time was up. This is the first book to lay bare the dynamics of a governmental system that largely defined the Arab Middle East in the twentieth centur...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Owen, Roger, 1935-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Since 1945
Presidents > Arab countries > History.
Presidents > Middle East > History.
Monarchy > Arab countries.
Monarchy > Middle East.
Authoritarianism > Arab countries.
Authoritarianism > Middle East.
Présidents > États arabes > Histoire.
Autoritarisme > États arabes.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Leadership.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Authoritarianism.
Kings and rulers.
Monarchy.
Politics and government
Presidents.
Arab countries > Politics and government > 1945-
Middle East > Politics and government > 1945-
Arab countries > Kings and rulers.
Middle East > Kings and rulers.
États arabes > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-
Moyen-Orient > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-
Arab countries.
Middle East.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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