The struggle for power in Syria : politics and society under Asad and the Ba'th party
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The struggle for power in Syria : politics and society under Asad and the Ba'th party
I.B. Tauris, 1996
3rd ed
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityグローバル専攻
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Library, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization図
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"Preface to the third edition."--p. xii
Previous title: The struggle for power in Syria : sectarianism, regionalism and tribalism in politics, 1961-1980
Bibliography: p. 202-218
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is a fully revised and updated paperback edition of this study of power in Syrian politics. The book explains the factors which have enabled the regime of Hafiz al-Asad to stay in power much longer than any other since independence; it also shows how al-Asad's disappearance may seriously disrupt Syria's present stability. Providing an in-depth analysis of the role of sectarian, regional and tribal loyalties in contemporary Syrian history, the author focuses attention on developments within the military and civilian power elite and the Ba'th Party organization. He shows that the 1963 Ba'thist takeover constituted a decisive turning-point. With the help of the army and the Ba'th, members of Islamic minority communities, especially Alawis, Druzes and Ismailis, and people from the poor countryside, were brought to the fore, and went through a process of rapid national emancipation. In 1970 this culminated in the monopolization of power by al-Asad, whose Alawi-dominated officers' faction has ruled Syria ever since. The text considers the political history of Syria in the 1980s and 1990s and speculates on its future.
Table of Contents
- The rise of minorities in the Syrian armed forces and in the Ba'th Party
- sectarian polarization in the Syrian armed forces between Sunnis and religious minorities
- the purge of Druze officers in the Syrian armed forces
- the struggle for power within the Alawi community
- sectarian and regional factionalism in the Syrian political elite - a statistical analysis
- sectarian showdown - eradication of the Muslim Brotherhood
- the power elite under Hafiz al-Asad.
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