"Présidents Pays arabes Histoire." . . "Kings and rulers" . . "Kings and rulers." . "Présidents Pays arabes." . . "Autoritärer Staat." . . "Autoritärer Staat" . "Rois et souverains États arabes." . . "Politics and government" . . "Politics and government." . "Monarchie Pays arabes." . . "Arabische Staaten." . . "Arabische Staaten" . "Autoritarisme Pays arabes." . . "Rois et souverains Moyen-Orient." . . "Países árabes" . . "HISTORY / Middle East / General" . . "HISTORY Middle East General." . "Presidents History Middle East." . . "Arabische wereld." . . "Middle East" . . "Middle East." . "Arab countries" . . "Arab countries." . . "The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life" . . . . . "The monarchical presidential regimes that prevailed in the Arab world for so long looked as though they would last indefinitely, until events in Tunisia and Egypt made clear their time was up. This book exposes for the first time the origins and dynamics of a governmental system that largely defined the Arab Middle East in the 20th century." . "الحكّام العرب : مراحل الصعود والسقوط" . . "The rise and fall of Arab presidents for life with a new afterword" . . "Main description: The monarchical presidential regimes that prevailed in the Arab world for so long looked as though they would last indefinitely-until events in Tunisia and Egypt made clear their time was up. The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life exposes for the first time the origins and dynamics of a governmental system that largely defined the Arab Middle East in the twentieth century.Presidents who rule for life have been a feature of the Arab world since independence. In the 1980s their regimes increasingly resembled monarchies as presidents took up residence in palaces and made every effort to ensure their sons would succeed them. Roger Owen explores the main features of the prototypical Arab monarchical regime: its household; its inner circle of corrupt cronies; and its attempts to create a popular legitimacy based on economic success, a manipulated constitution, managed elections, and information suppression.Why has the Arab world suffered such a concentration of permanent presidential government? Though post-Soviet Central Asia has also known monarchical presidencies, Owen argues that a significant reason is the 0Arab demonstration effect,0 whereby close ties across the Arab world have enabled ruling families to share management strategies and assistance. But this effect also explains why these presidencies all came under the same pressure to reform or go. Owen discusses the huge popular opposition the presidential systems engendered during the Arab Spring, and the political change that ensued, while also delineating the challenges the Arab revolutions face across the Middle East and North Africa." . . . . . . . . "History"@en . "History" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The rise and fall of arab presidents for life : with a new afterword" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The rise and fall of Arab presidents for life" . "The rise and fall of Arab presidents for life"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Livres électroniques" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The rise and fall of arab presidents for life" . . "The monarchical presidential regimes that prevailed in the Arab world for so long looked as though they would last indefinitely.until events in Tunisia and Egypt made clear their time was up. This book exposes for the first time the origins and dynamics of a governmental system that largely defined the Arab Middle East in the 20th century." . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . "The raise and fall of Arab presidents for life" . "˜Theœ Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life" . . "al-Ḥukkām al-ʻArab : marāḥil al-ṣuʻūd wa-al-suqūṭ" . . "Presidents History Arab countries." . . . . "Arab countries / Politics and government / 1945-" . . "Authoritarianism Middle East." . . "Authoritarianism / Middle East." . "POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration" . . "Centralisation administrative Pays arabes." . . "Arab countries / Kings and rulers." . . "Presidenten." . . "Monarchy Arab countries." . . "Monarchy / Arab countries." . "Since 1945" . . "Middle East / Politics and government / 1945-" . . "Présidents Moyen-Orient Histoire." . . "Chefs d'État Succession Pays arabes." . . "Presidents Arab countries History." . . "Presidents / Arab countries / History." . 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