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

Other author Ehteshami, Anoushiravan.
Other author Wright, Steven M.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoReading, Berkshire, UK : Ithaca Press, ©2008.
Descriptionx, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
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. --Congresses.

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.
General 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 263-282) and index.
LCCN 2008371449
ISBN0863723233
ISBN9780863723230