LEADER 03874nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910451917903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-86372-451-5 010 $a1-281-26856-9 010 $a9786611268565 010 $a0-86372-368-3 010 $a1-4356-1655-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000481780 035 $a(EBL)1764152 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000234636 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11186774 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000234636 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10254371 035 $a(PQKB)11460081 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1764152 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1764152 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10302837 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL126856 035 $a(OCoLC)887506871 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000481780 100 $a20070706d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aReform in the Middle East oil monarchies$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Anoushiravan Ehteshami and Steven Wright 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aReading, Berkshire, UK $cIthaca Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (320 p.) 300 $a"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. 311 $a1-322-11289-4 311 $a0-86372-323-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 263-282) and index. 327 $aForeword / 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 Sa?ud 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. 330 $aThe 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 606 $aDemocratization$zPersian Gulf Region$vCongresses 606 $aPolitical participation$zPersian Gulf Region$vCongresses 607 $aPersian Gulf Region$xPolitics and government$vCongresses 607 $aPersian Gulf Region$xEconomic conditions$vCongresses 607 $aPersian Gulf Region$xEconomic policy$vCongresses 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDemocratization 615 0$aPolitical participation 676 $a956 701 $aEhteshami$b Anoushiravan$0645888 701 $aWright$b Steven M$0961606 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451917903321 996 $aReform in the Middle East oil monarchies$92180148 997 $aUNINA