The Islamic utopia : the illusion of reform in Saudi Arabia / Andrew Hammond.

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Will Saudi Arabia join the democratic wave in the Middle East? Despite being surrounded by states experiencing uprisings and revolutions, Saudi Arabia appears to be a "black hole" for democracy in the Middle East - secretive, highly repressive and still propped up by the West. The Islamic Utopia use...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hammond, Andrew, 1970-
Language:English
Published: London : New York : Pluto ; Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Subjects:
Saudi Arabia > Politics and government > 1982-
Islam and state > Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia > Foreign relations.
Physical Description:xi, 269 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The religious society
  • Government in the Sharia state
  • The warrior king and his priests
  • Segregated nation
  • The illusion of reform
  • Foreign policy adventurism: Iran and Palestine
  • The Saudi Cordon Sanitaire in Arab media
  • Controlling Mecca: in the House of God.