01874cam a2200337 a 45000010009000000050017000090080041000260100017000670200031000840820028001151000031001432450065001742600057002393000038002965040064003345050481003986500048008796500045009276500037009726500034010096500045010436510058010886510055011466510045012016510042012466530021012886500041013099420012013509990017013629520157013791703775420160510112429.0111107s2012    mauab    b    001 0 eng    a  2011045764  a9780674065833 (alk. paper)00a352.2309174927223bOWE1 aOwen, Roger,d1935-92946614aThe Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life /cRoger Owen.  aCambridge, Mass. :bHarvard University Press,c2012.  axi, 248 p. :bill., map ;c22 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 217-226) and index.0 aThe search for sovereignty in an insecure world -- The origins of the presidential security state -- Basic components of the regimes -- Centralized state systems in Tunisia, Syria, Egypt, and Algeria -- Presidents as managers in Sudan, Libya, and Yemen -- Constrained presidencies in Lebanon and Iraq after Hussein -- The monarchical security states of Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain, and Oman -- The politics of succession -- The question of Arab exceptionalism -- The sudden fall. 0aPresidentszArab countriesxHistory.932300 0aPresidentszMiddle EastxHistory.932301 0aMonarchyzArab countries.932302 0aMonarchyzMiddle East.932303 0aAuthoritarianismzArab countries.932304 0aArab countriesxPolitics and governmenty1945-932306 0aMiddle EastxPolitics and governmenty1945-932307 0aArab countriesxKings and rulers.932308 0aMiddle EastxKings and rulers.932309  bPolcJanuary2013 0932305aAuthoritarianismzMiddle East  2ddccBB  c17205d17177  00102ddc40708M-E-OaMAINbMAINc1STd2013-01-31epurchaseg249.00h001341l6m10o352.2309174927 OWEp000027968r2025-07-15 00:00:00s2016-02-24yBB