The Islamic utopia the illusion of reform in Saudi Arabia
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...
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London
Pluto Press
2012
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Table of 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