Syria: From National Independence to Proxy War

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Matar, Linda (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kadri, Ali (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Middle East-Politics and government.; Peace.; Terrorism.; Political violence.; Political economy.; Economic development.; Social change.; Middle Eastern Politics.; Conflict Studies.; Terrorism and Political Violence.; International Political Economy.; Development and Social Change.

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 trajectory of...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Syria in the Imperialist Cyclone
• Part I: A Historical Perspective of the Syrian Conflict
• Chapter 2: What Went Wrong: Understanding the Trajectory of Syria's Conflict
• Chapter 3: The New Struggle for Syria and the Nature of the Syrian State
• Chapter 4: Syria: Strong State versus Social Cleavages
• Part II: Macroeconomy and Society
• Chapter 5: Macroeconomic Framework in Pre-Conflict Syria
• Chapter 6: The Syrian Conflict: Selective Socioeconomic Indicators
• Chapter 7: Lebanon Can't Give Him a Future: Revolutionary Subjectivity and Syrian Rebel-Workers in Beirut
• Part III: The Politics of the Syrian conflict
• Chapter 8: Syria in the 'Resistance Front': Persistence through Reconfiguration?
• Part IV: Sectoral Analysis
• Chapter 9: The Political Economy of Public Health in Syria: Some Global and regional Considerations
• Chapter 10: The Political Economy of Thermidor in Syria: National and International Dimensions
• Chapter 11: Syria's Food Security: From Self-Sufficiency to Hunger as a Weapon
• Chapter 12: Conclusion: China's role in Syria's National Security.