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Syria from Reform to Revolt - Volume 1: Political Economy and International Relations (Paperback)
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Syria from Reform to Revolt - Volume 1: Political Economy and International Relations (Paperback)
Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East
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When Bashar al-Asad smoothly assumed power in July 2000, just seven
days after the death of his father, observers were divided on what
this would mean for the country’s foreign and domestic politics.
On the one hand, it seemed everything would stay the same: an Asad
on top of a political system controlled by secret services and
Baathist one-party rule. On the other hand, it looked like
everything would be different: a young president with exposure to
Western education who, in his inaugural speech, emphasized his
determination to modernize Syria. This volume explores the ways in
which Asad’s domestic and foreign policy strategies during his
first decade in power safeguarded his rule and adapted Syria to the
age of globalization. The volume’s contributors examine multiple
aspects of Asad’s rule in the 2000s, from power consolidation
within the party and control of the opposition to economic reform,
co-opting new private charities, and coping with Iraqi refugees.
The Syrian regime temporarily succeeded in reproducing its power
and legitimacy, in reconstructing its social base, and in managing
regional and international challenges. At the same time,
contributors clearly detail the shortcomings, inconsistencies, and
risks these policies entailed, illustrating why Syria’s tenuous
stability came to an abrupt end during the Arab Spring of 2011.
This volume presents the work of an international group of scholars
from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds. Based on extensive
fieldwork and on intimate knowledge of a country whose dynamics
often seem complicated and obscure to outside observers, these
scholars’ insightful snapshots of Bashar al-Asad’s decade of
authoritarian upgrading provide an indispensable resource for
understanding the current crisis and its disastrous consequences.
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