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_a352.2309174927 _223 _bOWE |
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_aOwen, Roger, _d1935- _929466 |
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_aThe Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life / _cRoger Owen. |
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_aCambridge, Mass. : _bHarvard University Press, _c2012. |
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_axi, 248 p. : _bill., map ; _c22 cm. |
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504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 217-226) and index. | ||
505 | 0 | _aThe search for sovereignty in an insecure world -- The origins of the presidential security state -- Basic components of the regimes -- Centralized state systems in Tunisia, Syria, Egypt, and Algeria -- Presidents as managers in Sudan, Libya, and Yemen -- Constrained presidencies in Lebanon and Iraq after Hussein -- The monarchical security states of Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain, and Oman -- The politics of succession -- The question of Arab exceptionalism -- The sudden fall. | |
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_aPresidents _zArab countries _xHistory. _932300 |
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_aPresidents _zMiddle East _xHistory. _932301 |
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_aMonarchy _zArab countries. _932302 |
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_aMonarchy _zMiddle East. _932303 |
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_aAuthoritarianism _zArab countries. _932304 |
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_aArab countries _xPolitics and government _y1945- _932306 |
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_aMiddle East _xPolitics and government _y1945- _932307 |
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_aArab countries _xKings and rulers. _932308 |
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_aMiddle East _xKings and rulers. _932309 |
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_bPol _cJanuary2013 |
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