Saudi Arabia
The Shape of a Client Feudalism
Published on 20. January 2016
XVI, 415 pages
978-0-333-99467-2 (ISBN)
Description
Simons describes the current human-rights situation in Saudi Arabia with reference to corruption, the treatment of dissidents, the penal system, the suppression of women, slavery and other aspects. A detailed history, from pre-Islamic times to the present, is provided, with attention to the influence of Mohammed, the Saudi ascendancy, the role of the West, the discovery of oil and the wars in the region. Finally attention is given to the various (economic/political/religious) problems that today face the Saudi regime and to the Saudi response.
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'...excoriating account of the corrpution of the House of Saud, and the West's complicity in its fortunes. Few authors have catalogued the vicissitudes of Arabian politics so sharply and in such detail. Dozens of maps, tables, chronologies and cross-references make this book a wonderful resource, as well as a riveting read...timely and compelling...outstanding analysis.' - Lawrence Joffe, The Independent
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10/1998
Palgrave MacMillan
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07/1998
Palgrave Macmillan
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Geoff Simons is a freelance writer and former editor.
Content
List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: THE FEUDAL FRAME Islam, Law and Human Rights PART II: THE HISTORY Religious Roots Conquest and Decline Saudi Ascendancy The Oil State PART III: THE MODERN CLIENT Wars, Rumours of Wars The Gathering Clouds Appendices Notes Bibliography Index
