Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. CONTRIBUTORS vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
5. 1. Authoritarian Governance in Syria and Iran: Challenged, Reconfiguring, and Resilient 1
6. PART I. ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE AND RECOMBINANT AUTHORITARIAN RULE
7. 2. The Economics of Authoritarian Upgrading in Syria: Liberalization and the Reconfiguration of Economic Networks 35
8. 3. A Martyrs’ Welfare State and Its Contradictions: Regime Resilience and Limits through the Lens of Social Policy in Iran 61
9. PART II. AUTHORITARIAN RESILIENCE AND THE MANAGEMENT OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS
10. 4. The State Management of Religion in Syria: The End of “Indirect Rule”? 83
11. 5. Islamic Social Movements and the Syrian Authoritarian Regime: Shifting Patterns of Control and Accommodation 107
12. PART III. SOCIAL AND LITERARY RESPONSES TO AUTHORITARIAN RESILIENCE
13. 6. Contesting Governance: Authority, Protest, and Rights Talk in Postrepublican Iran 127
14. 7. Who Laughs Last: Literary Transformations of Syrian Authoritarianis 143
15. PART IV. CONTESTATION, GOVERNANCE, AND THE QUEST FOR AUTHORITARIAN LEGITIMACY
16. 8. Prosecuting Political Dissent: Courts and the Resilience of Authoritarianism in Syria 169
17. 9. Democratic Struggles and Authoritarian Responses in Iran in Comparative Perspective 200
18. 10. Authoritarian Resilience and International Linkages in Iran and Syria 222
19. NOTES 245
20. BIBLIOGRAPHY 263
21. INDEX 287