4. Centralized State Systems in Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, and Algeria

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction xii
5. 1. The Search for Sovereignty in an Insecure World 12
6. 2. The Origins of the Presidential Security State 23
7. 3. Basic Components of the Regimes 37
8. 4. Centralized State Systems in Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, and Algeria 61
9. 5. Presidents as Managers in Libya, Sudan, and Yemen 94
10. 6. Constrained Presidencies in Lebanon and Iraq after Hussein 111
11. 7. The Monarchical Security States of Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain, and Oman 125
12. 8. The Politics of Succession 139
13. 9. The Question of Arab Exceptionalism 153
14. 10. The Sudden Fall 172
15. Conclusion 192
16. Notes 203
17. Bibliography 217
18. Acknowledgments 227
19. Index 229