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Syria from reform to revolt

Hinnebusch, Raymond / Tina Zintl (eds.)
Buchveröffentlichungen (2015)

(Volume 1: Political economy and international relations), Syracuse, NY: Syracuse Univ. Pr.

ISBN: 978-0-8156-3377-8
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TABLE of CONTENTS

1 Introduction

TINA ZINTL

PART ONE. Reproducing Power and Legitimacy

2 President and Party in Post-Ba‘thist Syria From the Struggle for “Reform” to Regime Deconstruction

RAYMOND HINNEBUSCH

3 Locating the “Social” in the Social Market Economy

SAMER N. ABBOUD

4 Nationalism and Reform under Bashar al-Asad Reading the “Legitimacy” of the Syrian Regime

AURORA SOTTIMANO

PART TWO. Reconstructing the Regimeʹs Social Base

5 Contesting Authoritarianism Opposition Activism under Bashar al-Asad, 2000–2010

NAJIB GHADBIAN

6 The Co-optation of Foreign-Educated Syrians Between Legitimizing Strategy and Domestic Reforms

TINA ZINTL

7 “To Promote Volunteerism among School Children” Volunteer Campaigns and Social Stratification in Contemporary Syria

MANDY TERC

8 God and Nation The Politics of Islam under Bashar al-Asad

PAULO G. PINTO

9 Female Citizenship in Syria Framing the 2009 Controversy over Personal Status Law

RANIA MAKTABI

10 The End of a World Drought and Agrarian Transformation in Northeast Syria (2007–2010)

MYRIAM ABABSA

PART THREE. Coping with Regional and International Challenges

11 The Ancien Regimeʹs Policy Paradox International Emergence versus Domestic Suppression

CARSTEN WIELAND

12 Iraqi Migrantsʹ Impact on a City The Case of Damascus (2006–2011)

MOHAMED KAMEL DORAÏ and MARTINE ZEUTHEN

13 Hamasʹs Rhetoric and Mobilization Practices in Palestinian Refugee Camps in Syria

VALENTINA NAPOLITANO

14 The Syrian Uprising and Bashar al-Asadʹs First Decade in Power

RAYMOND HINNEBUSCH and TINA ZINTL

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