Abstract
Examines the formation of a relatively durable state in Syria after years of instability. Examines both the challenges of state-building in a fragmented "Artificial" state, and the power technologies and outcomes employed by the Ba'th regime. Its combination of a military dominated one-party state with mass inclusion and social redistribution amounts to a distinctive regime type, authoritarian populism.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 177-199 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Arab Studies Quarterly |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 1982 |
Keywords
- state formation
- Syria
- Ba'th Party
- populist authoritarianism