The anatomy of authoritarianism in the Arab republics

Author's name: Joseph Sassoon Publisher: Riad El Rayes Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2025 Literary classification: Politics and history Brief about the book: This book addresses a wide range of questions such as: How do these various systems work? What role does the ruling party play in countries with multi-party systems like Egypt and Tunisia? To what extent was violence and repression used? How did security agencies control the opposition, and manage to bend the remaining influential groups like workers' and students' unions? How was the executive apparatus structured? How were decisions made? Is there any similarity between Saddam Hussein's populism and glorification, and the populism of Hafez al-Assad in Syria, and Habib Bourguiba in Tunisia and their glorification? How did economic planning differ? And how did those systems address their economic crises.