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Modern Syrian Politics
Author(s) -
Hinnebusch Raymond
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
history compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.121
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 1478-0542
DOI - 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2007.00487.x
Subject(s) - politics , liberalization , state (computer science) , character (mathematics) , political economy , relation (database) , political science , identity (music) , economics , law , philosophy , aesthetics , geometry , mathematics , algorithm , database , computer science
This article examines major issues and debates in the study of modern Syrian politics including the identity crisis rooted in state formation; reasons for the failure of the early liberal experiment; the nature of the Ba'th regime and whether it can be considered to have carried out a revolution; explanations for the stabilization of the regime under Asad; the nature of Ba'thist political economy; the extent, causes, and consequences of economic liberalization; explanations for succession and the character of Bashar's rule; and the relation between the state and international forces.