The rise and fall of Arab presidents for life /
By: Owen, Roger
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BookPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c2012.Description: xi, 248 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780674065833 (trade); 0674065832Other title: Rise & fall of Arab presidents for life.Subject(s): Presidents -- Arab countries -- History | Presidents -- Middle East -- History | Monarchy -- Arab countries | Monarchy -- Middle East | Authoritarianism -- Arab countries | Authoritarianism -- Middle East | Presidents -- Arab countries -- History | Presidents -- Middle East -- History | Monarchy -- Arab countries | Monarchy -- Middle East | Fascism -- Arab countries | Totalitarianism -- Arab countries | Fascism -- Middle East | Totalitarianism -- Middle EastDDC classification: 352.23/0917/4927 Online resources: Location Map
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Examines the origins and dynamics of the governmental system that defined the Arab Middle East in the twentieth century.
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| 352 LY PU Public procurement and contract administration : | 352 LY PU Public procurement and contract administration : | 352 TH IR The third sector delivering public services : | 352.2309174927 OW RI The rise and fall of Arab presidents for life / | 352.236 BU VA Value-based leadership in public professions | 352.236 JO ST Strategic leadership in the public sector | 352.2360973 HA ND The handbook of federal government leadership and administration : |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-226) and index.
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.
Examines the origins and dynamics of the governmental system that defined the Arab Middle East in the twentieth century.
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