Syria : from national independence to proxy war / Linda Matar, Ali Kadri, editors.

"This edited collection aims to analytically reconceptualise the Syrian crisis by examining how and why the country has moved from a stable to a war-torn society. It is written by scholars from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, all of whom make no attempt to speculate on the future traject...

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Other Authors: Matar, Linda, 1979- (Editor), Kadri, Ali (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Syria in the Imperialist Cyclone / Ali Kadri and Linda Matar
  • Part I.A Historical Perspective of the Syrian Conflict
  • What Went Wrong: Understanding the Trajectory of Syria's Conflict / Raymond Hinnebusch
  • The New Struggle for Syria and the Nature of the Syrian State / Eberhard Kienle
  • Syria: Strong State Versus Social Cleavages / Hiroyuki Aoyama
  • Part II. Macroeconomy and Society
  • Macroeconomic Framework in Pre-conflict Syria / Linda Matar
  • The Syrian Conflict: Selective Socioeconomic Indicators / Nabil Marzouk
  • Lebanon Can't Give Him a Future: Revolutionary Subjectivity and Syrian Rebel-Workers in Beirut / Philip Proudfoot
  • Part III. The Politics of the Syrian Conflict
  • Syria in the 'Resistance Front': Persistence Through Reconfiguration? / Aurora Sottimano
  • Part IV. Sectoral Analysis
  • The Political Economy of Public Health in Syria: Some Global and Regional Considerations / Kasturi Sen
  • The Political Economy of Thermidor in Syria: National and International Dimensions / Max Ajl
  • Syria's Food Security: From Self-Sufficiency to Hunger as a Weapon / Myriam Ababsa
  • Conclusion. China's Role in Syria's National Security / Linda Matar and Ali Kadri.