Syria's Democratic Years : Citizens, Experts, and Media in the 1950s Paperback / softback
by Kevin W. Martin
Part of the Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa series
Paperback / softback
Description
The years 1954–1958 in Syria are popularly known as "The Democratic Years," a brief period of civilian government before the consolidation of authoritarian rule.
Kevin W. Martin provides a cultural history of the period and argues that the authoritarian outcome was anything but inevitable.
Examining the flourishing broadcast and print media of the time, he focuses on three public figures, experts whose professions—law, the military, and medicine—projected modernity and modeled the new Arab citizen.
This experiment with democracy, however abortive, offers a model of governance from Syria's historical experience that could serve as an alternative to dictatorship.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:234 pages, 15 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Indiana University Press
- Publication Date:24/11/2015
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- ISBN:9780253018878
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:234 pages, 15 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Indiana University Press
- Publication Date:24/11/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9780253018878
