Political regimes in the Arab world : society and the exercise of power / edited by Ferran Brichs.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Ferran Izquierdo Brichs -- Sociology of power in today's Arab world / Ferran Izquierdo Brichs and Athina Lampridi-Kemou -- Algeria: post-colonial power structure and reproduction of elites without renewal / Rafel Bustos and Aurelia Manẽ -- Whither Algeria? Two normalizations, three unresolved crises and two crucial unknowns / Ivań Martiń -- Morocco: the reinvention of an authoritarian system / Laura Felieu and Mariá Angustias Parejo -- Morocco: regime and fuses / Bernabe ́Loṕez Garciá -- ¿E pur si muove? Logics of power and the process of transition in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania / Raquel Ojeda Garciá and Alberto Loṕez Bargados -- Mauritania's challenges / Miguel Hernando de Larramendi -- Contemporary Egypt: between reform and continuity / Athina Lampridi-Kemou and Baŕbara Azaola -- Egypt: from yesterday to the present / Gema Martiń Munõz -- Saudi Arabia: family, religion, army and oil / Eduard Soler i Lecha and Luciano Zaccara -- The future of Saudi Arabia / Fred Halliday -- The Syrian ruling elite and the failure of the repressive trend / Ignacio Alvarez-Ossorio and Ignacio Gutieŕrez de Terań -- What does the future hold? / Salam Kawakibi -- Elites, power and political change in post-war Lebanon / Amaia Goenaga and Elvira Sańchez Mateos -- Lebanon: temporary or lasting peace? / George E. Irani -- Jordan:the survival of the monarchy / Geŕaldine Barre ́& Luigi Masciulli -- Jordan: a delicate domestic and regional equilibrium / Haizam Amirah-Fernańdez -- Palestine: elites and power under occupation / Salvador Martińez Maś and Javier Traviń -- Palestine: what does the future hold? / Jean-Franco̧is Legrain