Political liberalization in the Persian Gulf
By: Joshua Teitelbaum, editor.
Contributors: Teitelbaum, Joshua.
Publisher: Hurst
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781850659280
Subjects: Free trade -- Persian Gulf Region; Persian Gulf Region -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Liberalization and its limits in the Gulf states / Joseph Kostiner; title: Economic and political liberalization: views from the business community / Jill Crystal; title: Labor and liberalization : the decline of the GCC rentier system / Onn Winckler; title: Country studies; title: Saudi Arabia : why the 'ulama are stalling liberalization / Muhammad al-Atawneh; title: Kuwait : slouching toward democracy? / Mary Ann T'treault; title: Kuwait : the obstacle of parliamentary politics / Michael Herb; title: Bahrain : reform-promise and reality / J.E. Peterson; title: Qatar : liberalization as foreign policy / Elisheva Rosman-Stollman; title: Oman : 'say yes to Oman, say no to the tribe!' / Uzi Rabi; title: The United Arab Emirates : economy first, politics second / Christopher M. Davidson; title: Iraq : the battleground of representation / Ofra Bengio; title: Iran : the clerical debate on democracy and Islam / Meir Litvak.