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Item Details
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SYRIA
NEITHER BREAD NOR FREEDOM |
| By: |
Alan George |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£45.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1842772120 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781842772126 |
| Publisher: |
ZED BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 April, 2003 |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
In this account of developments in Syrian politics and civil society, Alan George recounts the drama of the "Damascus Spring" and its repression, and reveals what happens in a state like Syria to the institutions that occupy the political space between government and governed. |
| Synopsis: |
Syria is one of the world's great police states. After the death of President Hafez al-Assad in mid-2000 hopes were high that his son and successor, Bashar, might succeed in reforming a system that had become a byword for repression. For six months, and for the first time in decades, Syrians were able to speak freely, without fear of the hated secret police, or mukhabarat. Political discussion groups mushroomed. The press started carrying articles openly demanding democracy, and pro-democracy petitions were circulated. Alarmed at the potential threat, regime hardliners struck back, closing down discussion and staging show trials at which pro-democracy activists were sentenced to years in jail. As justification, the regime cynically cited the need for "national unity" at a time when Israel under Ariel Sharon and the United States under George W. Bush were subjecting the region to onslaughts that many Middle Easterners saw as new manifestations of an old imperialism. Here, Alan George recounts the drama of the "Damascus Spring" and its repression, and reveals what happens in a state like Syria to the institutions that occupy the political space between government and governed. |
| Illustrations: |
chronology, map, notes, bibliography, index |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Zed Books Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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