Open Journal of Political Science, 2020, 10, 124-133 https://www.scirp.org/journal/ojps ISSN Online: 2164-0513 ISSN Print: 2164-0505 DOI: 10.4236/ojps.2020.101009 Jan. 17, 2020 124 Open Journal of Political Science The Baatho-Assadist System, a System of Political Instrumentalisation Samira Mobaied SU Sorbonne Université, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, IRD, Patrimoines locaux, environnement et globalisation (PALOC, UMR 208), Paris, France Abstract Various studies on political instrumentalisation show its application in sever- al areas as an element of political recovery of all forms of protest in favour of power. In this context, this study analyses the different facades of the political instrumentalisation of the Syrian political system. The instrumentalisation of civil society, the instrumentalisation of education, the instrumentalisation of Syrian constitution, the instrumentalisation of secularism and religions, the instrumentalisation of opposition, the instrumentalisation of the Palestini- an-Israeli conflict and Arab nationalism, the instrumentalisation of media and the instrumentalisation of culture and of space and cities have been ana- lysed. Syria is considered to be a country subject to a single party that mono- polises political activity within the state the Baath Party, the only political party standing for election, and the only one governing the country conti- nuously since 1963; all the elements analysed in this study show that instru- mentalisation is a fundamental method of the Syrian political system. It is used systematically and methodically. Keywords Syria, Political Instrumentalisation, Baath, Assad 1. Introduction Instrumentalisation as defined by Marc Uhalde, a sociology researcher, is the diversion of a process or object towards purposes other than those initially con- ceived, an illegitimate diversion with regard to the values or normative concep- tions implicit in the process (Uhalde, 2008). This diversion leads to a political recovery of all forms of protest in favour of power, according to John D. H. Downing, a communications specialist; it is a subversive plagiarism that diverts language and images from their intended use (Downing, 2000). How to cite this paper: Mobaied, S. (2020). The Baatho-Assadist System, a System of Political Instrumentalisation. Open Journal of Political Science, 10, 124-133. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojps.2020.101009 Received: December 20, 2019 Accepted: January 14, 2020 Published: January 17, 2020 Copyright © 2020 by author(s) and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access