Political change in the Arab Gulf States : stuck in transition /

Although reform movements have been prominent in varying degrees in most Middle Eastern countries for some time, the cascade of events following the overthrow of Saddam Hussein has generated new pressures for democratization throughout the Arab World. Political Change in the Arab Gulf States explore...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Tétreault, Mary Ann, 1942-, Okruhlik, Gwenn, Kapiszewski, Andrzej, 1948-2007
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2011.
Temas:
Democratization > Persian Gulf States.
Democratization > Persian Gulf States > Case studies.
Social change > Political aspects > Persian Gulf States.
Social change > Political aspects > Persian Gulf States > Case studies.
Democratization > Saudi Arabia.
Social change > Political aspects > Saudi Arabia.
Démocratisation > États du golfe Persique.
Démocratisation > États du golfe Persique > Études de cas.
Démocratisation > Arabie saoudite.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
Democratization.
Politics and government
Social change > Political aspects.
Demokratisering > Arabländerna.
Social förändring > Arabländerna.
Persian Gulf States > Politics and government.
Persian Gulf States > Politics and government > Case studies.
Saudi Arabia > Politics and government.
Arabie saoudite > Politique et gouvernement.
Persian Gulf States.
Saudi Arabia.
Case studies.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Twenty-first-century politics in the Arab Gulf states
  • Part I. Country cases. Reweaving the myth of Bahrainʹs parliamentary experience / Gianluca P. Parolin
  • - Shi'ite parties and the democratic process in Iraq / Juan R.I. Cole
  • Bottom-up democratization in Kuwait / Mary Ann Tétreault
  • Oman faces the twenty-first century / J.E. Peterson
  • Political reform in Qatar / Jill Crystal
  • The Saudi Shi'a and political reform in Saudi Arabia / Jerzy Zdanowski
  • Economics trumps politics in the United Arab Emirates / Christian Koch
  • Part II. The regional context. Women in civic and political life : reform under authoritarian regimes / Eleanor Abdella Doumato
  • New media : in search of equilibrium / N. Janardhan
  • Permanent interests, variable policies : the United States in the Gulf / Mary Ann Tétreault
  • Defense cooperation : beyond symbolism? / Matteo Legrenzi
  • Part III. Conclusion. Juxtapositions and sticking points / Gwenn Okruhlik and Mary Ann Tétreault.

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