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ISBN	9780190458119 (hardback)
	0190458119 (hardback)
OCLC Number	(Alma)990029810510204146
	(Aleph)002981051TAU01
	(OCoLC)910856156
Title	The Alawis of Syria : war, faith and politics in the Levant / Michael Kerr, Craig Larkin, editors
Imprint	New York, NY ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2015]
	©2015
Descr.	xviii, 384 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Series	( Urban conflicts, divided societies)
Alt.Series	Urban conflicts, divided societies (New York, N.Y.)
Bibliogr.	Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-365) and index
Contents	Alawis : secrecy and survival. The genesis of Syria’s Alawi community -- The Alawis in the Ottoman period -- Community, sect, nation : colonial and social scientific discourses on the Alawis in Syria during the mandate and early independence periods -- Alawis and the Syrian state. ’Go to Damascus, my son’ : Alawi demographic shifts under Ba’ath Party rule -- Syria’s Alawis and the Ba’ath Party -- The Syrian Muslim brotherhood’s Alawi conundrum -- Alawi communites, identities and power. Alawi diversity and solidarity : from the coast to the interior -- Patronage and clientelism in Bashar’s social market economy -- The Alawis of Tripoli : identity, violence and urban geopolitics -- Alawis in conflict and contestation. Chasing ghosts : the Shabiha phenomenon -- Alawis in the Syrian opposition -- Repression is not ’a stupid thing’ : regime responses to the Syrian uprising and insurgency
Corp.Sub.	Hizb al-Ba’th al-’Arabi al-Ishtiraki (Syria)
Top.Subj. - Misc.	Nosairians -- Syria -- History
	Nosairians -- Syria -- Religion
	Nosairians -- Syria -- Politics and government
	Islam and politics -- Middle East
Geo.Subj. - Misc.	Middle East -- History
Add.Entry	Kerr, Michael, 1973- editor
	Larkin, Craig editor

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