02794nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10611503 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 120615s2013 cauad sb 001 0 eng d 2012024771 9780804783019 (cloth : alkaline paper) 9780804784351 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)820120444 a-sy--- a-ir--- JQ1826.A91 M53 2013eb 320.955 23 Middle East authoritarianisms [electronic resource] : governance, contestation, and regime resilience in Syria and Iran / edited by Steven Heydemann and Reinoud Leenders. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2013. xi, 292 p. : ill. Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures Includes bibliographical references and index. Authoritarian governance in Syria and Iran : challenged, reconfiguring and resilient / Steven Heydemann and Reinoud Leenders -- The economics of authoritarian upgrading in Syria : liberalization and the reconfiguration of economic networks / Caroline Donati -- A martyrs' welfare state and its contradictions : regime resilience and limits through the lens of social policy in Iran / Kevan Harris -- The state management of religion in Syria : the end of "indirect rule"? / Thomas Pierret -- Islamic social movements and the Syrian authoritarian regime : shifting patterns of control and accommodation / Teije Hidde Donker -- Contesting governance : authority, protest, and rights talk in postrepublican Iran / Arzoo Osanloo -- Who laughs last : literary transformations of Syrian authoritarianism / Max Weiss -- Prosecuting political dissent : courts and the resilience of authoritarianism in Syria / Reinoud Leenders -- Democratic struggles and authoritarian responses in Iran in comparative perspective / G�une�s Murat Tezc�ur -- Authoritarian resilience and international linkages in Iran and Syria / Anush Ehteshami, Raymond Hinnebusch, Heidi Huuhtanen, Paola Raunio, Maaike Warnaar, and Tina Zintl. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Authoritarianism Syria. Authoritarianism Iran. Syria Politics and government. Iran Politics and government. Electronic books. local Heydemann, Steven. Leenders, Reinoud. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10611503 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 208009 208009