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1 online resource (349 pages) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
Annotation Offers an in-depth discussion of fundamentals and performance of monarchies in the Middle East. Focuses on the roots and characteristics of these monarchies, and examines causes of the collapse of some and the longevity of others. Looks at performance of present-day monarchies and problems they face, using case studies and comparative essays to illustrate varying capacities of the region's monarchies to cope with modernity during the 20th century. The author is associate professor in the Department of Middle Eastern and African Studies and senior research associate at the Moshe Dyan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Table 14.1 Gulf Monarchies: National and Nonnational Workforce, 1975-1990 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-326) and index |
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Print version record |
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Monarchy -- Middle East
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Monarchy
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Politics and government
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Politisches System
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Monarchie
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Modernisierung
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Monarchie.
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Vernieuwing.
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| SUBJECT |
Middle East -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090511
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Middle East
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Mittlerer Osten
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781626373938 |
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1626373930 |
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9781555878627 |
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1555878628 |
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