LEADER 03412oam 2200613I 450 001 9910462212903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-71004-8 010 $a0-203-10262-2 010 $a1-136-24088-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203102626 035 $a(CKB)2670000000269382 035 $a(EBL)1047016 035 $a(OCoLC)817889479 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000758417 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12269595 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000758417 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10789730 035 $a(PQKB)10277544 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1047016 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1047016 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10617616 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL402254 035 $a(OCoLC)820819480 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000269382 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPolitical regimes in the Arab world $esociety and the exercise of power /$fedited by Ferran Izquierdo Brichs 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (337 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ;$v45 225 0$aRoutledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ;$v45 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-62566-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: sociology of power in today's Arab world -- Algeria: post-colonial power structure and reproduction of elites without renewal -- Algeria: whither Algeria? two normalizations, three unresolved crises and two crucial unknowns -- Morocco: the reinvention of an authoritarian system --Morocco: regime and fuses -- Logics of power and the process of transition in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania -- Mauritania's challenges -- Contemporary Egypt: between reform and continuity -- Egypt: from yesterday to the present -- Saudi Arabia: family, religion, army and oil -- The futures of Saudi Arabia -- The Syrian ruling elite and the failure of the repressive trend -- What does the future hold? -- Elites, power and political change in post-war Lebanon -- Lebanon: temporary or lasting peace? -- Jordan: the survival of the monarchy -- Jordan: a delicate domestic and regional equilibrium. 330 $aOne of the implications of Orientalism is that the Arab world, as a homogenous entity, is often analysed as an anomaly within the international system. This book argues that, despite their differences, societies across the globe ultimately construct their own history according to very similar dynamics and tensions. The methodological approach of this book, using different countries within the Arab world as models, offers the reader an analysis of relations between the elites and their opposition in a variety of settings. A definition of the political structure of each country is draw 410 0$aRoutledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics 606 $aComparative government 607 $aArab countries$xPolitics and government$y1945- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aComparative government. 676 $a320.917/4927 701 $aIzquierdo$b Ferran$0966290 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462212903321 996 $aPolitical regimes in the Arab world$92193008 997 $aUNINA