The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life

With a New Afterword

Roger Owen

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$22.00 • £19.95 • €20.95

ISBN 9780674735378

Publication Date: 11/24/2014

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282 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

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Preface
Map: Arab States Showing Type of Government as of 31 December 2010
Introduction
1. The Search for Sovereignty in an Insecure World
2. The Origins of the Presidential Security State
3. Basic Components of the Regimes
4. Centralized State Systems in Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, and Algeria
5. Presidents as Managers in Libya, Sudan, and Yemen
6. Constrained Presidencies in Lebanon and Iraq after Hussein
7. The Monarchical Security States of Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain, and Oman
8. The Politics of Succession
9. The Question of Arab Exceptionalism
10. The Sudden Fall
Conclusion
Afterword
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index

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