Authoritarian Power And State Formation In Ba`thist Syria

The social and economic forces that worked together to bring the Ba''thist party to power in 1963: the failure of traditional and liberal leadership, an agrarian crisis, the development of party ideology, the politicization of the army and rural mobilization - are examined in this study. Dr Hinnebusch aims to show how the Ba''th''s road to power shaped its ideology and the character of its rule. A...