Format:
XI, 292 S.
,
graph. Darst.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] Ebrary Online-Ressource ebrary online
ISBN:
9780804783019
,
0804783012
Series Statement:
Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures
Content:
Assesses the factors that contribute to regime resilience in Syria and Iran, exploring their flexibility and their constraints as they confront unprecedented challenges.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Authoritarian Governance in Syria and Iran: Challenged, Reconfiguring, and Resilient - Steven Heydemann and Reinoud Leenders -- Part I: Economic Governance and Recombinant Authoritarian Rule -- 2. The Economics of Authoritarian Upgrading in Syria: Liberalization and the Reconfiguration of Economic Networks - Caroline Donati -- 3. A Martyrs' Welfare State and Its Contradictions: Regime Resilience and Limits through the Lens of Social Policy in Iran - Kevan Harris -- Part II: Authoritarian Resilience and the Management of Religious Affairs -- 4. The State Management of Religion in Syria: The End of "Indirect Rule"? - Thomas Pierret -- 5. Islamic Social Movements and the Syrian Authoritarian Regime: Shifting Patterns of Control and Accommodation - Teije Hidde Donker -- Part III: Social and Literary Responses to Authoritarian Resilience -- 6. Contesting Governance: Authority, Protest, and Rights Talk in Postrepublican Iran - Arzoo Osanloo -- 7. Who Laughs Last: Literary Transformations of Syrian Authoritarianism - Max Weiss -- Part IV: Contestation, Governance, and the Quest for Authoritarian Legitimacy -- 8. Prosecuting Political Dissent: Courts and the Resilience of Authoritarianism in Syria - Reinoud Leenders -- 9. Democratic Struggles and Authoritarian Responses in Iran in Comparative Perspective - Günes Murat Tezcür -- 10. Authoritarian Resilience and International Linkages in Iran and Syria - Anoushiravan Ehteshami, Raymond Hinnebusch, Heidi Huuhtanen, Paola Raunio, Maaike Warnaar, and Tina Zintl -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780804784351
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780804783019
Additional Edition:
Print version Middle East Authoritarianisms : Governance, Contestation, and Regime Resilience in Syria and Iran
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. Middle East authoritarianisms Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Univ. Press, 2013 ISBN 0804783012
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780804783019
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780804793339
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Autoritärer Staat
;
Iran
;
Politische Stabilität
;
Protestbewegung
;
Syrien
;
Electronic books
Author information:
Heydemann, Steven
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