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Upgrading the Military-commercial Coalition and Neopatrimonialism Upgrading the Military-commercial Coalition and Neopatrimonialism
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The “social Market” and the “privatization” of the Rentier Economy The “social Market” and the “privatization” of the Rentier Economy
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Renewing the Entrepreneurial Clientele Renewing the Entrepreneurial Clientele
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A New, More Liberal Base A New, More Liberal Base
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New Authoritarian Rule: Privatization and the Redeployment of the State New Authoritarian Rule: Privatization and the Redeployment of the State
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The Privatization of Development: Reconfiguring the Ngo Sector The Privatization of Development: Reconfiguring the Ngo Sector
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New Methods of Political and Social Control New Methods of Political and Social Control
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Competing Patronage Networks: Wheeler-Dealers Versus Ba'thists Competing Patronage Networks: Wheeler-Dealers Versus Ba'thists
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The Impact of Reconfiguration: A Potential Revolt Among New Elites? The Impact of Reconfiguration: A Potential Revolt Among New Elites?
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The Breakdown of the “Social Pact” and the Erosion of Social Policy The Breakdown of the “Social Pact” and the Erosion of Social Policy
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The Privatization of Social Services and the Autonomization of “Enlightened Entrepreneurs” The Privatization of Social Services and the Autonomization of “Enlightened Entrepreneurs”
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Conclusion Conclusion
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2 The Economics of Authoritarian Upgrading In Syria: Liberalization and the Reconfiguration of Economic Networks
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Published:January 2013
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Abstract
This chapter addresses authoritarian renewal in Syria. It also discusses the emergent stresses and tensions that have accompanied the process of market-oriented restructuring of authoritarian practices in Syria, including those which impact the regime's coercive capacity and factored into the eruption of the Syrian uprising in March 2011. Together with the persistence of authoritarianism, the “crony capitalism” affixed the renewal of the military–commercial coalition and presented the transformation of the Ba'thist regime into a form of neopatrimonial rule. The privatization of a part of the Syrian state's regalian functions has altered ways of regulation and the extraction of rents. Privatization, and, more generally, liberalization in Syria have resulted in a reconfiguration of its economy and have produced new challenges with which the regime might contend.
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