Business Networks in Syria - The Political Economy of Authoritarian Resilience

Zusatztext "A courageous and sophisticated account of the role of Syria's crony capitalist networks in the process of partial privatization after 1986. Revealed for the first time are the key relationships which define Syria's economic performance over the last two and a half decades. This book could only have been written by someone with insider knowledge of Syria." Informationen zum Autor Bassam Haddad is Director of the Middle East Studies Program and teaches in the Department of Public and International Affairs at George Mason University, and is Visiting Professor at Georgetown University. Klappentext Bassam Haddad is Director of the Middle East Studies Program and teaches in the Department of Public and International Affairs at George Mason University, and is Visiting Professor at Georgetown University. Zusammenfassung This book examines how state officials and select businessmen come together informally to shape economic development in Syria.

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• Authors: Haddad Bassam, Bassam Haddad, Bassam S a Haddad, Bassam S. A. Haddad
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.2012
• EAN: 9780804785068
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-8506-8
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures; Stanford Studies in Middle Eas; Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures; Stanford Studies in Middle Eas
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy