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TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments 1. Politics and Elite Change in the Arab World: An Introduction 7 Volker Perthes 2. Jordan: Between Regime Survival and Economic Reform 51 André Bank and Oliver Schlumberger 3. Marocco: Elite Change and Regime Maintenance 88 Saloua Zerhouni 4. Syria: Difficult Inheritance 124 Volker Perthes 5. Egypt: Succesion Politics 162 Gamal Abdelnasser 6. Saudi Arabia: Dynamism Uncovered 194 Iris Glosemeyer 7. Algeria: System Continuity through Elite Change 235 Isabelle Werenfels 8. Tunisia: Economic Transformation and Political Restoration 281 Steffen Erdle 9. Lebanon: Building Political Dynasties 323 Rola el-Husseini 10. Palestine: From State Builduing to Crisis Managment: 363 Hans-Joachim Rabe 11. Conclusion: Elite Change and Systems Maintenance 406 Volker Perthes Bibliography 415 List of Contributors 456
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Arab countries Politics and government 1945-Elite (Social sciences) Arab countries, Heads of state Succession