The end of the ba'thist social contract in bashar al-asad's syria: Reading sociopolitical transformations through charities and broader benevolent activism

International Journal of Middle East Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 329-349

  De Elvira, Laura Ruiz ^a   Zintl, Tina ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEADERSHIP; LIBERALIZATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; AUTHORITARIANISM; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS; WELFARE IMPACT;

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 84898881118     PISSN: 00207438     EISSN: 14716380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0020743814000130     Document Type: Review

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