Middle East Monarchies : : The Challenge of Modernity / / ed. by Josph Kostiner.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Anderson, Lisa,; Ayalon, Ami,; Ben-Dor, Gabriel,; Gause, F. Gregory,; Halliday, Fred,; Kechichian, Joseph A.,; Kostiner, Joseph,; Krämer, Gudrun,; Leveau, Remy,; Lewis, Bernard,; Maddy-Weitzman, Bruce,; Menashri, David,; Rabi, Uzi,; Susser, Asher,; Teitelbaum, Joshua,; Winckler, Onn,
• HerausgeberIn: Kostiner, Josph,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; 1 Introduction --; PART ONE Context --; 2 Monarchy in the Middle East --; 3 Post-Ottoman Arab Monarchies: Old Bottles, New Labels? --; 4 Why Did Arab Monarchies Fall? An Analysis of Old and New Explanations --; 5 Dynasts and Nationalists: Why Monarchies Survive --; 6 Patterns of Monarchy in the Middle East --; PART TWO Case Studies --; 7 The Jordanian Monarchy: The Hashemite Success Story --; 8 The Moroccan Monarchy: A Political System in Quest of a New Equilibrium --; 9 State-Formation and the Saudi Monarchy --; 10 The Kuwaiti Royal Family in the Postliberation Period: Reinstitutionalizing the “First Among Equals” System in Kuwait --; 11 The Persistence of Monarchy in the Arabian Peninsula: A Comparative Analysis --; 12 The Throne in the Sultanate of Oman --; 13 The Persian Monarchy and the Islamic Republic --; PART THREE Challenges --; 14 Gulf Monarchies as Rentier States: The Nationalization Policies of the Labor Force --; 15 Good Counsel to the King: The Islamist Opposition in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Morocco --; 16 Monarchies in the Middle East: A Concluding Appraisal --; Bibliography --; The Contributors --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781626373938; 9783110784268
• DOI: 10.1515/9781626373938
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Josph Kostiner.

A discussion of the fundamentals and performance of monarchies in the Middle East. The authors focus on four themes: the roots and characteristics of Middle East monarchies; the causes of collapse or longevity; the performance of present-day monarchies; and the problems they face.