@article{ref1,
title="Modern Syrian Politics",
journal="History compass",
year="2008",
author="Hinnebusch, Raymond",
volume="6",
number="1",
pages="263-285",
abstract="This article examines major issues and debates in the study of modern Syrian politics including the identity crisis rooted in state formation; reasons for the failure of the early liberal experiment; the nature of the Ba'th regime and whether it can be considered to have carried out a revolution; explanations for the stabilization of the regime under Asad; the nature of Ba'thist political economy; the extent, causes, and consequences of economic liberalization; explanations for succession and the character of Bashar's rule; and the relation between the state and international forces.<p />",
language="",
issn="1478-0542",
doi="10.1111/j.1478-0542.2007.00487.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1478-0542.2007.00487.x"
}