The Islamic utopia : the illusion of reform in Saudi Arabia /
Will Saudi Arabia join the democratic wave in the Middle East? Despite being surrounded by states experiencing uprisings and revolutions, Saudi Arabia appears to be a "black hole" for democracy in the Middle East - secretive, highly repressive and still propped up by the West. The Islamic...
Clasificación: | JQ1841.A58 2012eb |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Pluto Press,
2012.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- The religious society
- Government in the Sharia state
- The warrior king and his priests
- Segregated nation
- The illusion of reform
- Foreign policy adventurism: Iran and Palestine
- The Saudi Cordon Sanitaire in Arab media
- Controlling Mecca: in the House of God.