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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kostiner, Joseph.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monarchy--Middle East.

Monarchy.

Middle East--Politics and government.

Middle East.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

vii, 341 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000.

Contents:

2 Monarchy in the Middle East / Bernard Lewis 15

3 Post-Ottoman Arab Monarchies: Old Bottles, New Labels? / Ami Ayalon 23

4 Why Did Arab Monarchies Fall? An Analysis of Old and New Explanations / Bruce Maddy-Weitzman 37

5 Dynasts and Nationalists: Why Monarchies Survive / Lisa Anderson 53

6 Patterns of Monarchy in the Middle East / Gabriel Ben-Dor 71

7 The Jordanian Monarchy: The Hashemite Success Story / Asher Susser 87

8 The Moroccan Monarchy: A Political System in Quest of a New Equilibrium / Remy Leveau 117

9 State-Formation and the Saudi Monarchy / Joseph Kostiner, Joshua Teitelbaum 131

10 The Kuwaiti Royal Family in the Postliberation Period: Reinstitutionalizing the "First Among Equals" System in Kuwait / Uzi Rabi 151

11 The Persistence of Monarchy in the Arabian Peninsula: A Comparative Analysis / F. Gregory Gause III 167

12 The Throne in the Sultanate of Oman / Joseph A. Kechichian 187

13 The Persian Monarchy and the Islamic Republic / David Menashri 213

14 Gulf Monarchies as Rentier States: The Nationalization Policies of the Labor Force / Onn Winckler 237

15 Good Counsel to the King: The Islamist Opposition in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Morocco / Gudrun Kramer 257

16 Monarchies in the Middle East: A Concluding Appraisal / Fred Halliday 289.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-326) and index.

ISBN:

1555878628

OCLC:

42597810