The Syrian Private Industrial and Commercial Sectors and the State

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8965073
AutoresVolker Perthes (American University of Beirut, autor de correspondencia)
Año1992
Volumen24
Número2
Páginas207-230
Fecha de publicación1992-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s002074380002153x
OpenAlexW2055340709
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas4

According to its constitution and the ideology of the ruling Ba?th party, Syria is a socialist people's republic with a planned socialist economy. This does not mean, however, that there is no place for a private economic sector: agriculture is almost entirely private, 1 as is small-scale industry, almost 90 percent of internal trade, most road transport, tourism, construction, and up to one-third of Syria's foreign trade. There is also a Syrian bourgeoisie apparently flourishing under the auspices of Syrian socialism. Since independence, however, the specific development of Syria's private sector has to a large extent been determined by political decisions, i.e., by decisions of those running state affairs

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