LEADER 04569nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910791936303321 005 20230802012624.0 010 $a0-674-06541-7 010 $a0-674-06981-1 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674065413 035 $a(CKB)2560000000082521 035 $a(OCoLC)794004244 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10568038 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000658429 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11415001 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000658429 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10690553 035 $a(PQKB)10626740 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301094 035 $a(DE-B1597)178208 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674065413 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301094 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10568038 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000082521 100 $a20111107d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe rise and fall of Arab presidents for life$b[electronic resource] /$fRoger Owen 205 $aFirst edition 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-674-06583-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p.203-226) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tIntroduction --$t1. The Search for Sovereignty in an Insecure World --$t2. The Origins of the Presidential Security State --$t3. Basic Components of the Regimes --$t4. Centralized State Systems in Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, and Algeria --$t5. Presidents as Managers in Libya, Sudan, and Yemen --$t6. Constrained Presidencies in Lebanon and Iraq after Hussein --$t7. The Monarchical Security States of Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain, and Oman --$t8. The Politics of Succession --$t9. The Question of Arab Exceptionalism --$t10. The Sudden Fall --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex 330 $aThe monarchical presidential regimes that prevailed in the Arab world for so long looked as though they would last indefinitely?until events in Tunisia and Egypt made clear their time was up. The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life exposes for the first time the origins and dynamics of a governmental system that largely defined the Arab Middle East in the twentieth century. Presidents who rule for life have been a feature of the Arab world since independence. In the 1980's their regimes increasingly resembled monarchies as presidents took up residence in palaces and made every effort to ensure their sons would succeed them. Roger Owen explores the main features of the prototypical Arab monarchical regime: its household; its inner circle of corrupt cronies; and its attempts to create a popular legitimacy based on economic success, a manipulated constitution, managed elections, and information suppression. Why has the Arab world suffered such a concentration of permanent presidential government? Though post-Soviet Central Asia has also known monarchical presidencies, Owen argues that a significant reason is the ?Arab demonstration effect,? whereby close ties across the Arab world have enabled ruling families to share management strategies and assistance. But this effect also explains why these presidencies all came under the same pressure to reform or go. Owen discusses the huge popular opposition the presidential systems engendered during the Arab Spring, and the political change that ensued, while also delineating the challenges the Arab revolutions face across the Middle East and North Africa. 606 $aAuthoritarianism$zArab countries 606 $aAuthoritarianism$zMiddle East 606 $aMonarchy$zArab countries 606 $aMonarchy$zMiddle East 606 $aPresidents$zArab countries$xHistory 606 $aPresidents$zMiddle East$xHistory 607 $aArab countries$xKings and rulers 607 $aArab countries$xPolitics and government$y1945- 607 $aMiddle East$xKings and rulers 607 $aMiddle East$xPolitics and government$y1945- 615 0$aAuthoritarianism 615 0$aAuthoritarianism 615 0$aMonarchy 615 0$aMonarchy 615 0$aPresidents$xHistory. 615 0$aPresidents$xHistory. 676 $a352.230917/4927 700 $aOwen$b Roger$f1935-$0128340 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791936303321 996 $aRise and fall of arab presidents for life$91326743 997 $aUNINA