Building an authoritarian state : the influence of external security and fiscal environment on Syrian authoritarianism

In this research I have attempted to answer the question of how the external security and fiscal environment has affected Syrian authoritarianism. Contrary to much previous research that emphasizes domestic factors in leading to a lack of democracy, my hypothesis was that the external level indeed c...

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Main Author: Huuhtanen, Heidi Katriina
Published: Durham University 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.494032