Routledge/St. Andrews Syrian Studies Series
About the Book Series
This series aims to be the major venue for the dissemination of research on modern Syria. Although it will not neglect Syria’s past, the focus is on the current conflict. It showcases work that locates cutting edge empirical research within innovative theoretical frameworks from all disciplines on, for example, social movements, civil wars, intervention, identity conflicts, failed states, post-war reconstruction, authoritarian resilience, and non-state governance.
Sectarianism and Civil War in Syria
1st Edition
Edited
By Raymond Hinnebusch, Morten Valbjørn
April 14, 2025
As an epicentre of sectarian conflict before and after the Arab uprising, Syria provides an excellent laboratory for the study of sectarianization. This book compares variance in Syria’s sectarianism over time and across place to expose its causes and its varying impact on Syria’s society and ...
Social Change in Syria: Family, Village and Political Party
1st Edition
By Sulayman N. Khalaf
January 09, 2023
Studying a rural village in northern Syria during a period of tremendous social and political change (1940s to 1970s), this book offers a unique perspective on how agrarian transformations in land distribution and its use deeply affected social and political relations among a rural community. ...
Actors and Dynamics in the Syrian Conflict's Middle Phase: Between Contentious Politics, Militarization and Regime Resilience
1st Edition
Edited
By Jasmine K. Gani, Raymond Hinnebusch
March 18, 2022
This volume covers the "middle" time period of the Syrian uprising, roughly from 2012 when Syria’s peaceful protest began to mutate into a violent insurgency and civil war until roughly 2018 when the conflict took on features of a "frozen conflict". The middle period was important as one of key ...
The War for Syria: Regional and International Dimensions of the Syrian Uprising
1st Edition
Edited
By Raymond Hinnebusch, Adham Saouli
July 23, 2019
Examining the international dimensions of the Syrian conflict, this book studies external factors relating to the Uprising. It explores the involvement of outside powers and the events’ impact both on regional and international level. Syria was widely perceived to be essential to the regional ...
The Syrian Uprising: Domestic Origins and Early Trajectory
1st Edition
Edited
By Raymond Hinnebusch, Omar Imady
February 12, 2018
Most observers did not expect the Arab spring to spread to Syria, for a number of seemingly good reasons. Yet, with amazing rapidity, massive and unprecedented anti-regime mobilization took place, which put the regime very much on the defensive; what began as the Syrian Uprising in March 2011 has ...