Syria's Democratic Years : Citizens, Experts, and Media in the 1950s /

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The years 1954-1958 in Syria are popularly known as "The Democratic Years," a brief period of civilian government before the consolidation of authoritarian rule. Kevin W. Martin provides a cultural history of the period and argues that the authoritarian outcome was anything but inevitable....

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Main Author: Martin, Kevin W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington and Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Politics and government.
Civil society.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > World > Middle Eastern.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Societe civile > Syrie.
Civil society > Syria.
Syria.
Syrie > Politique et gouvernement > 1946-1971.
Syria > Politics and government > 1946-1971.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The virtuous citizen and the postcolonial state
  • Syria during the democratic years
  • The citizen and the law
  • Social justice and the patriarchal citizen
  • Punishing the enemies of Arabism
  • Making the martial citizen
  • The magic of modern pharmaceuticals
  • Sex and the conjugal citizen
  • Citizens on the tenth day.

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