Syria's Peasantry, the Descendants of Its Lesser Rural Notables, and Their PoliticsIn this book, the distinguished scholar Hanna Batatu presents a comprehensive analysis of the recent social, economic, and political evolution of Syria's peasantry, the segment of society from which the current holders of political power stem. Batatu focuses mainly on the twentieth century and, in particular, on the Ba`th movement, the structures of power after the military coup d'état of 1963, and the era of îvfiz al-Asad, Syria's first ruler of peasant extraction. Without seeking to prove any single theory about Syrian life, he offers a uniquely rich and detailed account of how power was transferred from one demographic group to another and how that power is maintained today. |
Contents
CHAPTER | 6 |
The Pacific Peasants and the Peasants of Warrior Origin | 12 |
The Clanless and Clanlinked Peasants | 22 |
The Landed and Landless Peasants the Traditional Urban Landowners | 29 |
Living Conditions | 38 |
The Lessening Cost of Agricultural Credit | 53 |
The Reduced Tax Burden | 59 |
The Spread of Safe Water Networks | 66 |
CHAPTER 15 | 186 |
CHAPTER 14 | 193 |
Asads Military Career and Military Qualifications or the Inferences | 198 |
CHAPTER 16 | 204 |
The Organization of Power at the Second Tier of Asads Polity | 217 |
CHAPTER 19 | 244 |
Shifting the Focus to the Fourth Level of Power or an Analysis | 251 |
Of the Manner in Which Asad Dealt with the Muslim Brethren | 260 |
CHAPTER 4 | 75 |
The Agricultural Growth Trends and Related Causal Factors | 81 |
Possible Lines of Future Progress | 91 |
The First Peasant Organizations or the Corporations | 98 |
CHAPTER 8 | 109 |
CHAPTER 9 | 118 |
CHAPTER 10 | 124 |
CHAPTER 11 | 133 |
The Transitional Bath or the Bath of the 1960s the Rise of | 144 |
CHAPTER 13 | 176 |
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