Reform in the Middle East oil monarchies / edited by Anoushiravan Ehteshami and Steven Wright

Published:: Reading, Berkshire, UK : Ithaca Press, [2008]
Copyright Date:: ©2008
Edition:: 1st ed.
Physical Description:: x, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators:: Ehteshami, Anoushiravan
Wright, Steven M.

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Contents:

Foreword / Donald Hawley -- Political reform in the Gulf monarchies : from liberalization to democratization? a comparative perspective / Gerd Nonneman -- Reform in the Arabian Peninsula world / Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean -- Patterns of democratic deficit : is it Islam? / Bahgat Korany -- Political reform in Bahrain : the turning tide / Neil Quilliam -- Deconstructing before building : perspectives on democracy in Qatar / Ahmed Abdelkareem Saif -- Oman's approach to development / Sayyid Badr bin Saʻud Al-Busaidi -- Economic governance and reform in Saudi Arabia / Rodney Wilson -- The impact of economic reform on Dubai / Christopher M. Davidson -- ICT and the Gulf Arab states : a force for democracy? / Emma Murphy -- The future of reform in the societies of the GCC countries / Mohammad Al Rumaihi -- US foreign policy and the changed definition of Gulf security / Steven M. Wright -- Synergies in reform : case studies of Saudi Arabia and Iran / Mahjoob Zweiri.

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ISBN:

0863723233
9780863723230

Note:

"This book .. [is] the fruit of a ... conference at Durham University in September 2005 under the auspices of the Sir William Luce Fund and the Institute of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies"--P. vii.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-282) and index.

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