POLI 340 Chapter Notes -Al-Assad Family, Hashemites, System On A Chip
6 Nov 2013
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Introduction many academics focused on the persistence of undemocratic rulers. Hashemites: jordan 1920 al-said family: saudi arabia 1932. Arab states and their militaries few political scientists could explain the peculiar stability of arab regimes in cultural terms recognized how popular the concept of democracy was there. Egypt and tunisia two of the most homogenous societies overwhelmingly sunni army did not serve as the personal instrument of the ruler military split or dissolved. Bahrain and syria regime represents an ethnic, sectarian, or regional minority army dominated by that overrepresented minority. Sunni-led security in shiite-majority country members of assad family command important army units. The reform factor oil producers state control over the economy for stability. Arab states with oil reserves deployed this wealth to control the economy dependent private sector rulers connected the interests of important constituencies to their survival handouts in crisis time higher subsidies new state jobs increased state salaries.
