Syria's democratic years :
Martin, Kevin W.,
Syria's democratic years : citizens, experts, and media in the 1950s / Kevin W. Martin. - 1 online resource. - Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa . - Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The virtuous citizen and the postcolonial state -- Syria during the democratic years -- The citizen and the law -- Social justice and the patriarchal citizen -- Punishing the enemies of Arabism -- Making the martial citizen -- The magic of modern pharmaceuticals -- Sex and the conjugal citizen -- Citizens on the tenth day.
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.
English.
9780253018939 0253018935
22573/ctt18ck4wv JSTOR 958C9892-3C1D-4052-8223-A1BB591880F5 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
2015020570
1946-1971
Civil society--Syria.
HISTORY--General.--Middle East
POLITICAL SCIENCE--World--Middle Eastern.
Civil society.
Politics and government.
Syria--Politics and government--1946-1971.
Syria.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
DS98.2 / .M385 2016eb
956.9104/2
Syria's democratic years : citizens, experts, and media in the 1950s / Kevin W. Martin. - 1 online resource. - Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa . - Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The virtuous citizen and the postcolonial state -- Syria during the democratic years -- The citizen and the law -- Social justice and the patriarchal citizen -- Punishing the enemies of Arabism -- Making the martial citizen -- The magic of modern pharmaceuticals -- Sex and the conjugal citizen -- Citizens on the tenth day.
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.
English.
9780253018939 0253018935
22573/ctt18ck4wv JSTOR 958C9892-3C1D-4052-8223-A1BB591880F5 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
2015020570
1946-1971
Civil society--Syria.
HISTORY--General.--Middle East
POLITICAL SCIENCE--World--Middle Eastern.
Civil society.
Politics and government.
Syria--Politics and government--1946-1971.
Syria.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
DS98.2 / .M385 2016eb
956.9104/2