Political regimes in the Arab world : society and the exercise of power/ edited by Ferran Brichs.

Cont. : Introduction: sociology of power in today's Arab world --
Algeria: post-colonial power structure and reproduction of elites without renewal --
Algeria: whither Algeria? two normalizations, three unresolved crises and two crucial unknowns --
Morocco: the reinvention of an authoritarian system --
Morocco: regime and fuses --
Logics of power and the process of transition in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania --
Mauritania's challenges --
Contemporary Egypt: between reform and continuity --
Egypt: from yesterday to the present --
Saudi Arabia: family, religion, army and oil --
The futures of Saudi Arabia --
The Syrian ruling elite and the failure of the repressive trend --
What does the future hold? --
Elites, power and political change in post-war Lebanon --
Lebanon: temporary or lasting peace? --
Jordan: the survival of the monarchy --
Jordan: a delicate domestic and regional equilibrium.