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Syria After the Uprisings: The Political Economy of State Resilience

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Syria has been at the centre of world news since 2011, following the beginnings of a popular uprising in the country and its subsequent violent repression. Eight years on, Joseph Daher analyses the resilience of the regime and the failings of the uprising, while also taking a closer look at the counter-revolutionary processes that have been undermining the uprising from without and within.

Through a sharp reconstruction of the key historical developments, Daher focuses on the reasons behind the transition of a peaceful uprising into a destructive war with multiple regional and international actors. He argues that other approaches have so far neglected a global analysis of the conflict’s economic, social and political characteristics. He also shows that it is impossible to understand the Syrian uprising without a historical perspective dating back to the seizure of power by Hafez al-Assad in 1970.

A result of years of research and discussions with activists, students, members of political parties and Syrian academics, this book will be the go-to analysis of Syria for years to come.

Author: Daher Joseph
Publisher: PLUTO PRESS
Pages: 400
ISBN: 9780745339382
Cover: Paperback
Edition Number: 1
Release Year: 2019

Introduction

1. The Construction of a Patrimonial Regime

2. Popular Uprising and Militarization

3. The Regime’s Repression

4. The Failure of the Opposition: The Challenges of Fundamentalism and Sectarianism

5. The Kurdish Question In Syria

6. Syria, International Relations and Interventions

7. War Economy, Reconstruction and Challenges

Conclusion

Joseph Daher teaches at Lausanne University, Switzerland and is a part time affiliate professor at the European University Institute, Florence (Italy). He is the author of Syria after the Uprisings (Pluto, 2019) and Hezbollah: The Political Economy of the Party of God (Pluto, 2016). He is the co-editor of Penser l'emancipation (La Dispute, 2013) and founder of the blog Syria Freedom Forever.

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