State and Tribes in Syria - Informal Alliances and Conflict Patterns

List of contents

Acknowledgements  1. Syrian Tribes: Why is it important to know about them?  2. Tribes and the state: from the rise of Islam to the French Mandate Over Syria 3. Arab tribes and the rise of the nation-state in Syria from 1946 until 1970  4. From enmity to amity: Hafez al-Assad and the Arab tribes in Syria from 1970 until 2000  5. Bashar al-Assad and the Arab tribes in Syria from 2000 until 2010  6. Tribes and tribalism in the Syrian uprising and civil war  Conclusion  Bibliography

About the author

Haian Dukhan holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of St Andrews. He has worked for governmental and non-governmental bodies inside and outside Syria for many years, on issues related to development, counterterrorism and peace settlement. He is currently teaching Politics and International Relations at the University of Leicester and is engaged in a research project on the intersection between tribalism and sectarianism at the University of St Andrews.

Summary

The book explores the policies of the successive Syrian governments towards the Arab tribes and their reactions to these policies. The book examines the consequences of the relationship between state and tribe since the fall of the Ottoman Empire and its withdrawal from Syria in 1916 until the eruption of the current Syrian civil war.

Product details

• Authors: Haian Dukhan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138494831
• ISBN: 978-1-138-49483-1
• No. of pages: 174
• Series: Routledge/ St. Andrews Syrian Studies Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Middle East / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Anthropology, Syria, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Middle Eastern history, Central / national / federal government policies, History and Archaeology, Central government policies