Syria After the Uprisings: The Political Economy of State Resilience

by Joseph Daher

Overview

Syria has been at the center of world news since 2011, following the beginnings of a popular uprising in the country and its subsequent violent and murderous repression by the Assad regime. Eight years on, Joseph Daher analyzes 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.

Joseph Daher is the author of Hezbollah: The Political Economy of the Party of God, and founder of the blog Syria Freedom Forever.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781608469246
Publisher:	Haymarket Books
Publication date:	07/09/2019
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Joseph Daher teaches at Lausanne University, Switzerland and is Affiliate Professor at the European University Institute in Florence. He is the author of Hezbollah: The Political Economy of the Party of God (2016).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii

Introduction ix

1 The Construction of a Patrimonial Regime 1

2 Popular Uprising and Militarization 38

3 The Regime's Repression 74

4 The Failure of the Opposition: The Challenges of Fundamentalism and Sectarianism 112

5 The Kurdish Question in Syria 148

6 Syria, International Relations, and Interventions 188

7 War Economy, Reconstruction, and Challenges 232

Conclusion 279

Bibliography 295

Index 383

Editorial Reviews

"Daher shows how the regime’s crony capitalism and arsenal of repression produced inequalities and humiliations that fueled the 2011 revolt. While supportive of the uprising and its aims, he offers a trenchant critique of the opposition’s failures — a critique from within that should be taken seriously by everyone who cares about Syria." —Danny Postel, Democratic Left

"Joseph Daher’s new book, Syria After the Uprisings, is perhaps the most detailed and comprehensive explanation of the nature of the Syrian state, the causes and character of the revolution, and the reasons for its defeat and, in the words of the book’s subtitle, the “state resilience” of Assad’s regime." —Solidarity

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