State and Tribes in Syria: Informal Alliances and Conflict Patterns

State and Tribes in Syria: Informal Alliances and Conflict Patterns explores the policies of the successive Syrian governments towards the Arab tribes and their reactions to these policies. The book examines the consequences of the relationship between state and tribe since the fall of the Ottoman Empire and its withdrawal from Syria in 1916 until the eruption of the current Syrian civil war.

Throughout history and up to the present day, tribalism continues to influence many issues related ...