Political Regimes in the Arab World: Society and the Exercise of Power

ISBN-13: 9780415625661 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 336 str.

Ferran Brichs

Opis

One of the implications of Orientalism is that the Arab world, as a homogenous entity, is often analysed as an anomaly within the international system. This book argues that, despite their differences, societies across the globe ultimately construct their own history according to very similar dynamics and tensions.

Spis treści

Introduction – Ferran Izquierdo Brichs 1 Sociology of Power in Today’s Arab World 2 Algeria: Post-Colonial Power Structure and reproduction of Elites Without Renewal – Rafel Bustos & Aurelia Mane 3 Algeria:Whither Algeria? Two Normalizations, Three Unresolved Crises and Two Crucial Unknowns.– Ivan Martin 4 Morocco: The Reinvention of an Authoritarian System – Laura Felieu & Angustias Parejo 5 Morocco: Regime and Fuses-Bernabe Lopez Garcia 6¿E Pur Si Muove? Logics of Power and the Process of Transition in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania– Raquel Ojeda Garcia & Alberto Lopez Bargados 7 Mauritania’s Challenges – Miguel Hernando de Larramendi 8 Contemporary Egypt: between Reform and Continuity – Athina Kemou & Barbera Azaola 9 Egypt: from Yesterday to the Present  - Gema Martin Munoz 10 Saudi Arabia: Family, Religion, Army and Oil – Eduard Soler & Luciano Zaccara 11 The Futures of Saudi Arabia – Fred Halliday 12 The Syrian Ruling Elite and the Failure of the Repressive Trend– Ignacio Alvarez-Ossorio & Ignacio Gutierrez de Teran 13 What does the Future Hold? – Salam Kawakibi 14 Elites, Power and Political Change in post-war Lebanon– Amaia Goenaga & Elvira Sanchez Mateos15 Lebanon: Temporary or Lasting Peace? – George E. Irani  16 Jordan:the Survival of the Monarchy 17 Jordan: a delicate domestic and regional equilibrium–Haizam Amirah-Fernández

O autorze

Ferran Izquierdo Brichs is Lecturer in International Relations, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona