Reform in the Middle East oil monarchies [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Anoushiravan Ehteshami and Steven Wright

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451917903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Reading, Berkshire, UK, : Ithaca Press, c2008
• ISBN: 0-86372-451-5; 1-281-26856-9; 9786611268565; 0-86372-368-3; 1-4356-1655-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): EhteshamiAnoushiravan; WrightSteven M
• Disciplina: 956
• Soggetti: Democratization - Persian Gulf Region; Political participation - Persian Gulf Region; Electronic books.; Persian Gulf Region Politics and government Congresses; Persian Gulf Region Economic conditions Congresses; Persian Gulf Region Economic policy Congresses
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "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.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-282) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: The oil rich monarchies of the Arabian Peninsula are frequently dismissed as having no democratic systems compared to most other regions of the world. Indeed, the United States justified its action in Iraq by proclaiming that democracy and freedom must be adopted both in Iraq and throughout the wider Middle East, in order to counter the conditions which breed international terrorism. It has been argued that the countries of the Arabian Peninsula need to provide a system of democratic representation that fully takes into account their own history and culture. This raises many questions. Can the