Demystifying Syria / edited by Fred H. Lawson

Published in association with the London Middle East Institute at SOAS

Includes bibliographical references and index

Changing social structure, shifting alliances and authoritarianism in Syria / Salwa Ismail -- Enduring legacies: the politics of private sector development in Syria / Bassam Haddad -- Civil law and omnipotence of the Syrian state / ZohairGhazzal, Baudouin Dupret and Souhail Belhadj -- Sunni clergy politics in the cities of Ba'thi Syria / Thomas Pierret -- The Shi'i mausoleums of Raqqa : Iranian proselytism and local significations / Myriam Ababsa -- The 2004 events in al-Qamishli: has the Kurdish question erupted in Syria? / Julie Gauthier -- The Syrian opposition: the struggle for unity and relevance, 2003-2008 / Joe Pace and Joshua Landis -- Partnership with the European Union: hopes, risks and challenges for the Syrian economy / Anja Zorob -- Demystifying Syrian foreign policy under Bashar al-Asad / Bassel F. Salloukh -- The beginning of a beautiful friendship: Syrian-Turkish relations since