Middle East Monarchies : : The Challenge of Modernity /

Middle East Monarchies : : The Challenge of Modernity / / ed. by Josph Kostiner.

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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.

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MitwirkendeR:
Anderson, Lisa,
Ayalon, Ami,
Ben-Dor, Gabriel,
Gause, F. Gregory,
Halliday, Fred,
Kechichian, Joseph A.,
Kostiner, Joseph,
Krämer, Gudrun,
Leveau, Remy,
Lewis, Bernard,
Maddy-Weitzman, Bruce,
Menashri, David,
Rabi, Uzi,
Susser, Asher,
Teitelbaum, Joshua,
Winckler, Onn,
HerausgeberIn:
Kostiner, Josph,
Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
©2000
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (344 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Introduction
  • PART ONE Context
  • 2 Monarchy in the Middle East
  • 3 Post-Ottoman Arab Monarchies: Old Bottles, New Labels?
  • 4 Why Did Arab Monarchies Fall? An Analysis of Old and New Explanations
  • 5 Dynasts and Nationalists: Why Monarchies Survive
  • 6 Patterns of Monarchy in the Middle East
  • PART TWO Case Studies
  • 7 The Jordanian Monarchy: The Hashemite Success Story
  • 8 The Moroccan Monarchy: A Political System in Quest of a New Equilibrium
  • 9 State-Formation and the Saudi Monarchy
  • 10 The Kuwaiti Royal Family in the Postliberation Period: Reinstitutionalizing the “First Among Equals” System in Kuwait
  • 11 The Persistence of Monarchy in the Arabian Peninsula: A Comparative Analysis
  • 12 The Throne in the Sultanate of Oman
  • 13 The Persian Monarchy and the Islamic Republic
  • PART THREE Challenges
  • 14 Gulf Monarchies as Rentier States: The Nationalization Policies of the Labor Force
  • 15 Good Counsel to the King: The Islamist Opposition in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Morocco
  • 16 Monarchies in the Middle East: A Concluding Appraisal
  • Bibliography
  • The Contributors
  • Index
  • About the Book

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