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Title:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Ithaca Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

x, 309 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Persian Gulf Region--Politics and government--Congresses.
Persian Gulf Region--Economic conditions--Congresses.
Persian Gulf Region--Economic policy--Congresses.
Democratization--Persian Gulf Region--Congresses.
Political participation--Persian Gulf Region--Congresses.

Other Authors:

Ehteshami, Anoushiravan.
Wright, Steven M.

Notes:

"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.

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.

ISBN:

9780863723230
0863723233

LCCN:

2008371449

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)