Saudi Arabia

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Society, Government and the Gulf Crisis

By: Mordechai Abir

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Hardcover | 4 March 1993 | Edition Number 1

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Saudi Arabia's enormous oil wealth has facilitated the kingdom's rapid modernisation and produced a relatively prosperous, predominantly urban population. A new middle class created by Saudi development and the improved education system has opted to co-operate with the current regime, yet wishes to participate in decision-making and accelerate the kingdom's reform. Oil revenue has also helped to preserve Saudi stability and to win it a position of influence in the Arab and international communities.
Mordechai Abir's book charts the development of Saudi social and political structures. It examines the changes in the kingdom in the 198Os following an economic recession and the rise of militant fundamentalism. It also discusses the effects on Saudi Arabia of the Iran-Iraq war, power politics and the oil market. It analyses the background and ramifications of the Iraq-Kuwait crisis and the 'neo-fundamentalist' backlash caused by the US military presence in the kingdom. Following Iraq's defeat, the oil factor and the nature of Gulf defence are examined in the light of Saddam Hussayn's effort to rehabilitate his military capability, and the re-emergence of Iran's influence in the Gulf and US-Saudi relations.
Saudi Arabia: Government, Society and the Gulf Crisis should be of use to all students studying the Middle East and to all those wishing to understand the complex nature of Saudi society.

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"I know of no book written in English in the last ten years that does so much to explain one of the most complex, important, and closed societies in the world. It is also a book whose very real criticisms of Saudi Arabia are mixed with understanding, sympathy, and hope. It is an outstanding example of scholarship that crosses religious and national boundaries."-Anthony H. Cordesman, Georgetown University

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List of tables
Preface and acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Ruling class and elites in Saudi Arabia
The Consolidation of the Ruling Class	p. 3
Modern Education and the Rise of New Elites	p. 15
Modernisation and struggle for political reform
The Reign of Saud (1953-64): Struggle for Power and Nationalism	p. 27
The Reign of Faysal (1964-75): New Elites, Oil and Rapid Development	p. 51
Power Struggle, Modernisation and Reaction (1975-80)	p. 69
The Zenith of the New Elites' Power: A False Dawn (1979-83)	p. 90
The Reign of King Fahd: Economic Crisis and Opposition (1982-7)	p. 98
Crises in the Gulf
Saudi Arabia and the Iran-Iraq War	p. 125
Prelude to the Iraq-Kuwait Crisis	p. 147
Saudi Arabia and the War With Iraq	p. 172
Demands for Socio-Political Change in the Post-War Era	p. 186
Oil and Gulf Security	p. 204
Conclusion	p. 215
Notes	p. 226
Bibliography	p. 252
Glossary	p. 259
Index	p. 261
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