Democracy in Syria

Shedding light on the formative processes of state- and nation- building in the contemporary Middle East, Landis enhances understanding of the disjuncture between the emergence of states and the formation of national communities. He explores how the fiercely contested interactions between these two processes impacted on Syria and the Middle East.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Druze
The Alawites
Shukri al-Quwwatli: Personal Power Versus the Rule of Law
The Army
The War in Palestine
The War at Home

Über den Autor / die Autorin

JOSHUA LANDIS is Assistant Professor of history at the University of Oklahoma, USA.

Zusammenfassung

Shedding light on the formative processes of state- and nation- building in the contemporary Middle East, Landis enhances understanding of the disjuncture between the emergence of states and the formation of national communities. He explores how the fiercely contested interactions between these two processes impacted on Syria and the Middle East.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Joshua Landis, Landis Joshua
• Verlag: Palgrave USA
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheint: 28.02.2013, verspätet
• EAN: 9781403971050
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-7105-0
• Seiten: 256
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politisches System