Title: After the sheikhs : the coming collapse of the Gulf monarchies /
Authors: Davidson, Christopher M.
Publisher: Hurst & Co.,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Monarchy Persian Gulf States.; Monarchy Saudi Arabia.; Monarchie.; Politischer Wandel.; Persian Gulf States Politics and government; Saudi Arabia Politics and government; Golfstaaten
Abstract: Noted Gulf expert Christopher Davidson contends that the collapse of the kings, emirs, and sultans is going to happen, and was always going to.
Contents: 1. State formation and economic development -- 2. Explaining survival : domestic matters -- 3. Explaining survival : external matters -- 4. Mounting internal pressures -- 5. Mounting external pressures -- 6. The coming collapse