State and Society in Syria and Lebanon

Contributions by Ghayth Armanazi, May Davie, Carolyn Gates, Hudda Hawwa, Khairia Kasmieh, Wajih Kawtharani, Fida Nasrallah, Abdul-Karim Rafeq, Sofia Saadeh, al-Fadl Shalaq Edited by Youssef M. Choueiri

Publication date:

01 February 1994

Publisher

University of Exeter Press

Dimensions:

234x156mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9780859894104

This text traces the social and political development of Syria and Lebanon from the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire to the present day. Written by a number of specialists and scholars, it offers a comparative study by means of concentration on major turning-points in the modern history of both countries. The book opens with the foundation of the first modern Arab government in 1919 and ends with an analysis of the Syrian-Lebanese co-operation treaty. Based on new research data and offering original approaches, the book should be a useful addition to literature on both Lebanon and Syria.

Contents: Arabism, society and economy in Syria, 1918-1920, Abdul-Karim Rafeq; an evaluation of the Arab goverment in Damascus, 1918-1920, Khairia Kasmieh; le grand-Liban et le projet de la confederation Syrienne d'apres des documents Francais, Wajih Kawtharani; les orthodoxes entre Beyrouth et Damas - une millet chretienne dans deux villes Ottomanes, May Davie; greater Lebanon - the formation of a caste system?, Sofia Saadeh; laissez-faire, outward-orientation, and regional economic disintegration - a case study of the dissolution of the Syro-Lebanese customs union, Carolyn L. Gates; linkages and constraints of the Syrian economy, Huda Hawwa; Syrian foreign policy at the crossroads - continuity and change in the post-Gulf War era, Ghayth N. Armanazi; the treat of brotherhood, co-operation and co-ordination - an assessment, Fida Nasrallah; concepts of nation and state with special reference to the Sunnis in Lebanon, al-Fadl Shalaq.