LEADER 05375nam 22006615 450 001 9910338056903321 005 20231111133453.0 010 $a3-319-98458-6 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-98458-2 035 $a(CKB)4100000006999506 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5548699 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-98458-2 035 $a(PPN)234166290 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000006999506 100 $a20181009d2019 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSyria: From National Independence to Proxy War /$fedited by Linda Matar, Ali Kadri 205 $a1st ed. 2019. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (299 pages) 311 $a3-319-98457-8 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction: Syria in the Imperialist Cyclone -- Part I: A Historical Perspective of the Syrian Conflict -- Chapter 2: What Went Wrong: Understanding the Trajectory of Syria?s Conflict -- Chapter 3: The New Struggle for Syria and the Nature of the Syrian State -- Chapter 4: Syria: Strong State versus Social Cleavages -- Part II: Macroeconomy and Society -- Chapter 5: Macroeconomic Framework in Pre-Conflict Syria -- Chapter 6: The Syrian Conflict: Selective Socioeconomic Indicators -- Chapter 7: Lebanon Can?t Give Him a Future: Revolutionary Subjectivity and Syrian Rebel-Workers in Beirut -- Part III: The Politics of the Syrian conflict -- Chapter 8: Syria in the ?Resistance Front?: Persistence through Reconfiguration? -- Part IV: Sectoral Analysis -- Chapter 9: The Political Economy of Public Health in Syria: Some Global and regional Considerations -- Chapter 10: The Political Economy of Thermidor in Syria: National and International Dimensions -- Chapter 11: Syria?s Food Security: From Self-Sufficiency to Hunger as a Weapon -- Chapter 12: Conclusion: China?s role in Syria?s National Security. 330 $aThis edited collection aims to analytically reconceptualise the Syrian crisis by examining how and why the country has moved from a stable to a war-torn society. It is written by scholars from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, all of whom make no attempt to speculate on the future trajectory of the conflict, but aim instead to examine the historical background that has laid the objective conditions for Syria?s descent to its current situation. Their work represents an attempt to dissect the multi-layered foundation of the Syrian conflict and to make understanding its complex inner workings accessible to a broader readership. The book is divided into four parts, each of which elaborates on the origins and dynamics of today?s crisis from the perspective of a different discipline. When put together, the four parts provide a holistic picture of Syria?s developmental trajectory from the early twentieth century through to the present day. Themes addressed include Syria?s postcolonial development efforts, its leap into socialism and then into neoliberalism in the late twentieth century, its politics within the resistance front, and finally its food and health security concerns. Linda Matar is Senior Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore (NUS). She is also Lecturer at the NUS?s College of Alice and Peter Tan. Her research interests include the political economy of the Arab Near East and Southeast Asia. She is the author of The Political Economy of Investment in Syria (2016). Ali Kadri is Senior Fellow at the NUS and Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics, UK. His recent publications include The Cordon Sanitaire: A Single Law Governing Development in East Asia and the Arab World (2018). 606 $aMiddle East?Politics and government 606 $aPeace 606 $aTerrorism 606 $aPolitical violence 606 $aEconomics 606 $aEconomic development 606 $aSocial change 606 $aMiddle Eastern Politics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911160 606 $aConflict Studies$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912060 606 $aTerrorism and Political Violence$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912090 606 $aInternational Political Economy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912140 606 $aDevelopment and Social Change$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/913030 615 0$aMiddle East?Politics and government. 615 0$aPeace. 615 0$aTerrorism. 615 0$aPolitical violence. 615 0$aEconomics. 615 0$aEconomic development. 615 0$aSocial change. 615 14$aMiddle Eastern Politics. 615 24$aConflict Studies. 615 24$aTerrorism and Political Violence. 615 24$aInternational Political Economy. 615 24$aDevelopment and Social Change. 676 $a320.9569109045 702 $aMatar$b Linda$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aKadri$b Ali$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910338056903321 996 $aSyria: From National Independence to Proxy War$92500267 997 $aUNINA