Reform in the Middle East oil monarchies [electronic resource] / edited by Anoushiravan Ehteshami and Steven Wright.
Contributor(s): Ehteshami, Anoushiravan | Wright, Steven M | ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: Reading, Berkshire, UK : Ithaca Press, c2008Edition: 1st ed.Description: x, 309 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Democratization -- Persian Gulf Region -- Congresses | Political participation -- Persian Gulf Region -- Congresses | Persian Gulf Region -- Politics and government -- Congresses | Persian Gulf Region -- Economic conditions -- Congresses | Persian Gulf Region -- Economic policy -- CongressesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 956 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view "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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-282) and index.
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 Sa�ud 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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