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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2000Description: 1 online resource (344 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781626373938
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 321/.6/0956
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  • online - DeGruyter
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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
Summary: 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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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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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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