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The rise and fall of Arab presidents for life / (Record no. 21393)

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2011045764
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780674065833 (trade)
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0674065832
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Call number 352.23/0917/4927
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Authors Owen, Roger,
Dates 1935-
TITLE STATEMENT
Title The rise and fall of Arab presidents for life /
Statement of responsibility, etc Roger Owen.
VARYING FORM OF TITLE
Title proper/short title Rise & fall of Arab presidents for life
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Cambridge, Mass. :
Publisher Harvard University Press,
Date c2012.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xi, 248 p. :
Other Details ill., map ;
Size 22 cm.
CONTENTS
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 Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, and Algeria -- Presidents as managers in Libya, Sudan, 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.
SUMMARY
Summary Examines the origins and dynamics of the governmental system that defined the Arab Middle East in the twentieth century.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Presidents
Form Arab countries
General History.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Presidents
Form Middle East
General History.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Monarchy
Form Arab countries.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Monarchy
Form Middle East.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Authoritarianism
Form Arab countries.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Authoritarianism
Form Middle East.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Presidents
Form Arab countries
General History.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Presidents
Form Middle East
General History.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Monarchy
Form Arab countries.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Monarchy
Form Middle East.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Fascism
Form Arab countries.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Totalitarianism
Form Arab countries.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Fascism
Form Middle East.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Totalitarianism
Form Middle East.
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier https://uowd.box.com/s/ap4u8vw7yrwuckctej3xha0ouw03s8wd
Public note Location Map
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Holdings
Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Permanent location Current location Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Full call number Barcode Date last seen Cost, replacement price Price effective from Koha item type
        University of Wollongong in Dubai University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 2013-07-16 AMAUK 352.2309174927 OW RI T0048457 2017-01-26 14.99 2017-01-26 REGULAR

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