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Middle East authoritarianisms [electronic resource] : governance, contestation, and regime resilience in Syria and Iran / edited by Steven Heydemann and Reinoud Leenders.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and culturesPublication details: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2013.Description: xi, 292 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 320.955 23
LOC classification:
  • JQ1826.A91 M53 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
Authoritarian governance in Syria and Iran : challenged, reconfiguring and resilient / Steven Heydemann and Reinoud Leenders -- The economics of authoritarian upgrading in Syria : liberalization and the reconfiguration of economic networks / Caroline Donati -- A martyrs' welfare state and its contradictions : regime resilience and limits through the lens of social policy in Iran / Kevan Harris -- The state management of religion in Syria : the end of "indirect rule"? / Thomas Pierret -- Islamic social movements and the Syrian authoritarian regime : shifting patterns of control and accommodation / Teije Hidde Donker -- Contesting governance : authority, protest, and rights talk in postrepublican Iran / Arzoo Osanloo -- Who laughs last : literary transformations of Syrian authoritarianism / Max Weiss -- Prosecuting political dissent : courts and the resilience of authoritarianism in Syria / Reinoud Leenders -- Democratic struggles and authoritarian responses in Iran in comparative perspective / Güneş Murat Tezcür -- Authoritarian resilience and international linkages in Iran and Syria / Anush Ehteshami, Raymond Hinnebusch, Heidi Huuhtanen, Paola Raunio, Maaike Warnaar, and Tina Zintl.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Authoritarian governance in Syria and Iran : challenged, reconfiguring and resilient / Steven Heydemann and Reinoud Leenders -- The economics of authoritarian upgrading in Syria : liberalization and the reconfiguration of economic networks / Caroline Donati -- A martyrs' welfare state and its contradictions : regime resilience and limits through the lens of social policy in Iran / Kevan Harris -- The state management of religion in Syria : the end of "indirect rule"? / Thomas Pierret -- Islamic social movements and the Syrian authoritarian regime : shifting patterns of control and accommodation / Teije Hidde Donker -- Contesting governance : authority, protest, and rights talk in postrepublican Iran / Arzoo Osanloo -- Who laughs last : literary transformations of Syrian authoritarianism / Max Weiss -- Prosecuting political dissent : courts and the resilience of authoritarianism in Syria / Reinoud Leenders -- Democratic struggles and authoritarian responses in Iran in comparative perspective / Güneş Murat Tezcür -- Authoritarian resilience and international linkages in Iran and Syria / Anush Ehteshami, Raymond Hinnebusch, Heidi Huuhtanen, Paola Raunio, Maaike Warnaar, and Tina Zintl.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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