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New York : Routledge, 2013

1 online resource (x, 317 p.)

ISBN 9780203102626 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9780415625661 (hardback)

aRoutledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ;$$v45

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: sociology of power in today’s Arab world -- Algeria: post-colonial power structure and reproduction of elites without renewal -- Algeria: whither Algeria? two normalizations, three unresolved crises and two crucial unknowns -- Morocco: the reinvention of an authoritarian system --Morocco: regime and fuses -- Logics of power and the process of transition in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania -- Mauritania’s challenges -- Contemporary Egypt: between reform and continuity -- Egypt: from yesterday to the present -- Saudi Arabia: family, religion, army and oil -- The futures of Saudi Arabia -- The Syrian ruling elite and the failure of the repressive trend -- What does the future hold? -- Elites, power and political change in post-war Lebanon -- Lebanon: temporary or lasting peace? -- Jordan: the survival of the monarchy -- Jordan: a delicate domestic and regional equilibrium.

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

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