02788nam a2200409 a 4500 ebr10302837 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 070706s2008 enka sb 101 0 eng d 2008371449 0863723233 9780863723230 CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)666915415 ar----- DS326 .R44 2008eb 956 22 Reform in the Middle East oil monarchies [electronic resource] / edited by Anoushiravan Ehteshami and Steven Wright. 1st ed. Reading, Berkshire, UK : Ithaca Press, c2008. x, 309 p. : ill. "This book .. [is] the fruit of a ... conference at Durham University in September 2005 under the auspices of the Sir William Luce Fund and the Institute of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies"--P. vii. Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-282) and index. Foreword / Donald Hawley -- Political reform in the Gulf monarchies : from liberalization to democratization? a comparative perspective / Gerd Nonneman -- Reform in the Arabian Peninsula world / Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean -- Patterns of democratic deficit : is it Islam? / Bahgat Korany -- Political reform in Bahrain : the turning tide / Neil Quilliam -- Deconstructing before building : perspectives on democracy in Qatar / Ahmed Abdelkareem Saif -- Oman's approach to development / Sayyid Badr bin Sa�ud Al-Busaidi -- Economic governance and reform in Saudi Arabia / Rodney Wilson -- The impact of economic reform on Dubai / Christopher M. Davidson -- ICT and the Gulf Arab states : a force for democracy? / Emma Murphy -- The future of reform in the societies of the GCC countries / Mohammad Al Rumaihi -- US foreign policy and the changed definition of Gulf security / Steven M. Wright -- Synergies in reform : case studies of Saudi Arabia and Iran / Mahjoob Zweiri. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Democratization Persian Gulf Region Congresses. Political participation Persian Gulf Region Congresses. Persian Gulf Region Politics and government Congresses. Persian Gulf Region Economic conditions Congresses. Persian Gulf Region Economic policy Congresses. Electronic books. local Ehteshami, Anoushiravan. Wright, Steven M. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10302837 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 68592 68592