Middle East monarchies : the challenge of modernity / / edited by Joseph Kostiner

• Pubblicazione: Boulder, Colorado : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (349 p.)
• Disciplina: 321/.6/0956
• Soggetto topico: Monarchy - Middle East
• Soggetto geografico: Middle East Politics and government
• Persona (resp. second.): KostinerJoseph
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page ; Copyright page ; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1- Introduction; The ""King's Dilemma"" ; ""Monarchies Resilience"" ; Note ; Part 1- Context ; Chapter 2- Monarchy in the Middle East ; Bibliographical Note ; Notes ; Chapter 3- Post-Ottoman Arab Monarchies: Old Bottles, New Labels?; Notes ; Chapter 4- Why Did Arab Monarchies Fall? An Analysis of Old and New Explanations; Historical Rootedness and the Legitimacy Question ; Foreign Policy Issues Versus Domestic Issues ; State, Class, and Leadership Variables ; Inevitability and the Question of Leadership ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Chapter 5- Dynasts and Nationalists: Why Monarchies SurviveState-Formation and the Monarchs ; Nation-Building and the Monarchs ; The Mandate to Rule: The Divine Right of the Family ; Defining Clients: Social Bases of Rule ; Mythmaking: The Invention of Tradition ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Chapter 6- Patterns of Monarchy in the Middle East; Notes ; Part 2- Case Studies ; Chapter 7- The Jordanian Monarchy: The Hashemite Success Story; From Anarchy to Monarchy ; Legitimacy and the Restrained Use of Force ; Contending with the Islamists and Socioeconomic Crisis ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Chapter 8- The Moroccan Monarchy: A Political System in Quest of a New EquilibriumThe Functioning of Monarchy ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Chapter 9- State-Formation and the Saudi Monarchy; State-Building ; Faysal's Order ; The Challenges to Faysal's Order ; The Monarchy's Response ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Chapter 10- The Kuwaiti Royal Family in the Postliberation Period: Reinstitutionalizing the "FirstAmong Equals" System in Kuwait; The Restoration Movement: 1986-1990 ; The Effects of the Iraqi Invasion ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Chapter 11- The Persistence of Monarchy in the Arabian Peninsula: A Comparative AnalysisTheoretical Perspectives on Monarchy in the Middle East ; ""Traditionalism"" and Monarchy in Arabia ; Regional Security, Oil, and the Fate of Arabian Monarchies ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Chapter 12- The Throne in the Sultanate of Oman; The Al-Bu Sa'id in Power ; Sayyid Sa'id Bin Taymur ; Sultan Qabus ; The Monarchy and the Modern State ; The Postcoup Government: Transforming Monarchical Authority ; The Sultanate's Emerging Institutional Framework ; The Majlis Al-Shura; Trends ; Notes ; Chapter 13- The Persian Monarchy and the Islamic RepublicThe Legacy of the Past: The Safavids and Qajar Heritage ; Khomeini's Early Thought: Opposition to the Shah ; Khomeini's Revolutionary Approach: Velayat-e Faqih ; The Origins of Revolutionary Thought ; The Ayatollahs in Action ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Part 3- Challenges ; Chapter 14- Gulf Monarchies as Rentier States: The Nationalization Policies of the Labor Force; Strategy for Socioeconomic Development in the Gulf Oil Monarchies ; Implementation of the Strategy: Importing Foreign Workers ; Table 14.1 Gulf Monarchies: National and Nonnational Workforce, 1975-1990
• Sommario/riassunto: A discussion of the fundamentals and performance of monarchies in the Middle East. The authors focus on four themes: the roots and characteristics of Middle East monarchies; the causes of collapse or longevity; the performance of present-day monarchies; and the problems they face.
• Titolo autorizzato: Middle East monarchies
• ISBN: 1-62637-393-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820480303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II