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This 10 page paper discusses governance in Syria. Various concepts are highlighted and defined. the possibility for future democracy is explored. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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its leadership: " A country suffering under a backward dictatorship with dangerous regional ambitions, a haven for terrorists, a friend of al-Qaeda, and out of step with the awakening democratic
yearnings sweeping the Middle East-so have senior Bush administration officials described Syria" (Pace, 2005, p.37). Is this characterization true? In order to explore Syrias governance which is thought to be
neo-patrimonial in nature, a look at the concepts are in order. Patrimonialism is something that has been viewed in a number of ways, going from traditional to more industrialized
cities as well as in various parts of the world (Senghor & Poku, 2007). In respect to Syrian regimes, much has been discussed of late related to something called neo-patrimonialism
(Brownless, 2002 as cited in Senghor & Poku, 2007). The term neo-patrimonialism is something that describes "an interrelated set of phenomena whose common characteristic is the preeminence of personal relations
in administrative and political processes. It is a modification of the Weberian ideal type of personalized government that is contrasted with the bureaucratic model" (Senghor & Poku, 2007, p.69). A
specific definition of neo-patrimonialism however is not easy to provide (Erdmann, 2002). At the same time, the easiest manner of defining the term is to compare it with Webers concept
of patrimonialism where he described a system of leadership that is based upon military personnel and administrative leadership (Erdmann, 2002). Under this system, the leadership and military would answer only
to one ruler (Erdmann, 2002). That of course is patrimonialism. The new order which is dubbed neo-patrimonialism is a bit different. This latter paradigm is a modern type of traditional
patrimonialism and is a mixed system of governance (Erdmann, 2002). There are parts of rational-bureaucratic models and patrimonial rule that are sometimes inextricable (Erdmann, 2002). Erdmann (2002) provides this explanation:
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